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Page from a manuscript with Queen Trishala reclining
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Description
Queen Trishala, mother-to-be of the Jina (Jain saviour) Mahavira, reclines in her chamber with a maid in attendance, at the time of her fourteen auspicious dreams.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › west India (place of creation)Asia › India › west India › Gujarat (possible place of creation)Asia › India › west India › Rajasthan (possible place of creation)
- Date
- late 15th century
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 40.1 x 55.3 cm (height x width)
page 12 x 32 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1987.
- Accession no.
- EA1987.33
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth, Indian Block-Printed Textiles in Egypt: The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997), vol. i p. 72, illus. vol. i pl.15
Location
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- currently in research collection
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