Joost van den Bergh

tantra
tantric, jain
and cosmic art
from india

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  • sculptures
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Yantra

Sacred umbrella formed out of the Sanskrit alphabet
Ink on paper, laid down onto cloth
Rajasthan, 18th – 19th century
height: 49 cm, 19 ¼ inches
width: 38 cm, 15 inches

 
Adhaidvipa (Jaina cosmos)

Gouache on paper
Rajasthan, 18th-19th century
height: 46 cm, 18 1/8 inches
width: 41 cm, 16 1/8 inches

 
Yantra

Ink on paper
Rajasthan 18th-19th century
height: 52 cm, 20 ¾ inches
width: 57 cm, 22 5/8 inches

 
Astrological drawing

Black ink on paper
India, 19th century
height: 48 cm, 19 inches
width: 44 cm, 17 3/8 inches

 
Astrological drawing

Red ink on paper
India, 19th century
height: 54 cm, 21 ½ inches
width: 49 cm, 19 ¼ inches

 
Snakes and Ladders

Ink on paper
North India, 19th century
height: 33.5 cm, 13 2/16 inches
width: 31 cm, 12 ¼ inches

 
Snakes and Ladders

Ink on paper
North India, 19th century
height: 45 cm, 17 ¾ inches
width: 36 cm, 16 3/16 inches

 
Sri Yantra

Ink and gouache on paper
height: 42.5 cm, 16 ½ inches
width: 43 cm, 17 inches

 
Yantra

Ink on paper
North India, 19th century
height: 47 cm, 18 ½ inches
width: 50 cm, 19 ¾ inches

 
Mantra

Ink on paper
North India, 19th century
height: 44 cm, 17 5/16 inches
width: 56 cm, 22 inches

 
Sri Yantra

Ink on paper
North India, 19th century
height: 59 cm, 23 ¼ inches
width: 40 cm, 15 ¾ inches

 
Sri-Yantra

Ink on paper
Rajasthan, 18th – 19th century
height: 61.5 cm, 24 ¼ inches
width: 41 cm, 16 1/8 inches

 
Yantra

Ink on paper laid down on cloth
Rajasthan, 18th century
height: 40 cm, 15 ¾ inches
width: 39 cm, 15 3/8 inches

 
Astrological Study

Ink on paper
North India
height: 43 cm, 17 inches
width: 30.5, 12 inches

 
Cosmological study

Ink on paper
North India, 18th -19th century
height: 38 cm, 15 inches
width: 39.5 cm, 15 ½ inches

 
Astrological drawing

Gouache on paper
North India, 19th century
diameter: 33.5 cm, 13 1/8 inches

 
Chequer board Hari-Hari Yantra with eight lingams

Gouache and ink on paper
Rajasthan, 18th-19th century
height: 12.5 cm, 5 inches
width: 12.5 cm, 5 inches

 
Tantric Study

Ink on paper
North India, 19th – 20th century
height: 25 cm, 9 ¾ inches
width: 22.5 cm, 8 5/16 inches

 
Yantra

Gouache on paper
Rajasthan 18th–19th century
height: 21.5 cm, 8 ½ inches
width: 12 cm, 4 ¾ inches

 
Sri –Yantra

Gouache on paper
North India, 18th-19th century
height: 9.5 cm, 3 ¾ inches
width: 21 cm, 8 ¼ inches

 
Nyasa drawing

Gouache on paper
India, 19th century
height: 26.5 cm, 10 3/8 inches
width: 12 cm, 4 3/4 inches

 
Lokapurusha (Cosmic Man)

Gouache and ink on paper
Rajasthan 19th century
height: 26 cm, 10 ¼ inches
width: 10.5 cm, 4 1/8 inches

 
Jambu (rose-apple) tree

Rajasthan, 19th century
height: 14 cm, 5 1/2 inches
width: 27 cm, 10 5/8 inches

 
Jain study

Gouache on paper
Rajasthan, 20th century
height: 10.8 cm, 4 3/16 inches
width: 26 cm, 10 3/16 inches

 
Cosmological study

Probably India, 17th-18th century
Ink and gouache on paper, (laid down onto modern paper)
height: 20 cm, 8 inches
width: 14 cm, 5 1/2 inches

 
Folio from a Nyasa Manuscript

Ink on paper
Western India, circa 1600
height: 26 cm, 10 1/4 inches
width: 11 cm, 4 3/8 inches

 
Folio from an astrological manuscript

Gouache and ink on paper
Western India, circa 1600
height: 25.5 cm, 10 inches
width: 11 cm, 4 3/8 inches

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