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Los catorce sueños auspiciosos de Devananda profetizando el nacimiento de Mahavira: folio de un manuscrito del Kalpasutra

ca. 1465
Not on view
Este folio procede de un Kalpasutra (Libro de rituales) ilustrado, que contiene las biografías de los tirthankaras jainistas (cruzadores de ríos). Representa los catorce sueños auspiciosos de la brahmani Devananda, futura madre de Mahavira, a los que hacen alusión los emblemas en la parte superior de la escena del dormitorio. El uso del oro y del intenso azul ultramarino derivado del lapislázuli demuestra que el autor conocía la pintura iraní, que había sido difundida en la India durante el periodo del sultanato de Delhi en los siglos XIV y XV. Aunque esta obra sigue las convenciones del estilo arcaico de la India occidental, el uso audaz del color y la ornamentación la relacionan con las escuelas emergentes en la India septentrional, cuya máxima expresión se observó en Delhi y las regiones circundantes. El formato horizontal preserva el recuerdo de los primeros libros ilustrados en la India, impresos sobre hojas de palmera recortadas y tratadas.

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  • Título: Los catorce sueños auspiciosos de Devananda profetizando el nacimiento de Mahavira: folio de un manuscrito del Kalpasutra
  • Fecha: ca. 1465
  • Geografía: India, Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur
  • Material: Acuarela opaca, oro sobre papel
  • Dimensiones: 11,8 x 29,2 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, donación de Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 1992
  • Número de inventario: 1992.359
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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