Lot 51 SOLD - Old Tantric Pichvai Painting with Jain Iconography 3

Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover

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Painting embodying some Jain, Tantric & Hindu motifs

Pigment on cotton

Edges have some fraying, minor distress spots, some fold wear.

Also has several stains that suggest use within a temple environment exposed to ghee / oil lamps.

Appears to have been nailed onto a mount at some point.

Age and other details unknown

33 X 47 inches

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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