Two brass portable shrines with paintings depicting Kali and Buddha...
Two brass portable shrines with paintings depicting Kali and Buddha
Jaipur, circa 1870
consisting of two brass discs each in two halves, fitting together, the paintings gouache and gold on paper, floral borders, behind glass in one half of each brass disc, each side of the exterior of the disc with a raised boss
paintings 104 mm. diam.; discs 112 mm. diam.(2)
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, 14th September 2000.
Private UK collection, 2000-present.
For a larger version depicting a jina, see Christie's, New York, The Scholar's Vision: the Pal Family Collection, 20th March 2008, lot 269.
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Two brass portable shrines with paintings depicting Kali and Buddha
Jaipur, circa 1870
consisting of two brass discs each in two halves, fitting together, the paintings gouache and gold on paper, floral borders, behind glass in one half of each brass disc, each side of the exterior of the disc with a raised boss
paintings 104 mm. diam.; discs 112 mm. diam.(2)
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, 14th September 2000.
Private UK collection, 2000-present.
For a larger version depicting a jina, see Christie's, New York, The Scholar's Vision: the Pal Family Collection, 20th March 2008, lot 269.