A Rajasthani diagram of a solar eclipse. Western India. Dated by inscription 1839

A Rajasthani diagram of a solar eclipse. Western India. Dated by inscription 1839

Five overlapping circles, in the centre of which the black area represents the solar eclipse, the text above and below mentions the Grahalaghava manuscript as a source and reports on the solar eclipse. Framed and glazed.
61 x 44 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium

Literature

Illustrated in: Il congresso del mondo, with a text by Jorge Luis Borges and an introduction by Raniero Gnoli, Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1974, p. 97; Jan van Alphen, De Trap naar de verlossing, Antwerpen 2000, p. 124, no. 49

Exhibitions

De Trap naar de verlossing, 2500 jaar kunst en religie van het jainisme, Ethographisch Museum, Antwerpen, 26.5.-15.10.2000, no. 49