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Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction

c. 1750–60

possibly by Sahib Ram

(Indian, active 1745–1803)
Measurements
Overall: 20 x 27.9 cm (7 7/8 x 11 in.)
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The monks seated next to the teacher place their whisk-brooms before them.

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A manuscript lies on a low table in front of the preacher, who holds one hand up in the gesture of discourse, and the other holds a cloth to shield his mouth from insects. The audience of laypeople includes men gathered near the front of the composition, and women in a group toward the back.

The preacher and the white-clad figures behind him are Jain householder monks, permitted to grow hair and moustaches and to wear a colored shawl that indicates higher status. Householder monks in Rajasthan often served as scribes and maintained manuscript libraries.
A horizontally oriented gum tempera and gold painting depicts people with light to medium skin tones in a crowded interior. Divided by a central column, the left features women in vibrant, patterned saris. On the right, a man in a dark blue robe sits on a raised platform, gesturing toward men in colorful turbans. Figures in white and small children occupy the foreground. Symmetrical patterned walls and a thick red border frame the scene.

Shvetambara Jain Teacher Giving Instruction

c. 1750–60

Sahib Ram

(Indian, active 1745–1803)
Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Jaipur

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