A JAIN POLYCHROME PAINTED CLOTH HANGING

Western India, 19th century
Pigment on cloth, depicting a stylised female figure with cobras encircling her arms, an upper panel with seven tiers of scenes depicting various figures, a stylised representation of the cosmos below and at the bottom a further panel depicting scenes from hell, mounted on silk brocade, image 100cm by 56.5cm, entire cloth 120cm by 77cm