TWO ILLUMINATIONS FROM A DISPERSED JAIN MANUSCRIPT, GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 1600 blue and red pigment with black and gold on paper, one depicting Adinatha, the first tirthankara, the other containing two scenes, a divine couple above and a mother with her baby in a bedchamber below, each with nine lines of devanagari script on the reverse, mounted 12 x 8.5cm approx. each The illuminations on Jain sutras from Western India form one of the earliest groups of Indian painting on paper. For a complete volume with 37 illustrations in the British Library, see inv. no. Or 13362. Descriptions in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports and all lots are sold as viewed. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in good condition. Prospective bidders are recommended to request a condition report prior to bidding, wherever possible satisfying themselves in person at the gallery as to the condition of a lot.