AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO FROM A BOOK OF HYMNS IN PRAISE OF THE GREAT TEACHERS:THE GREAT TEACHER BAHUSVAMI Possibly Gujarat, North Western India, late 17th century Opaque pigments, black ink and pencil on paper, 10 - 13ll. of black ink Jain Prakrit nagari script to the page, punctuation in red ink, the circular space in the centre of the text imitating traditional pothiholes, the verso and recto painted in yellow, red, brown, green and white wash and illustrated with the teacher Bahusvami on the verso and Yugamandharasvami on the recto, the traditional gold of earlier folios replaced here by vivid yellows, the illustrations showing elements of influence from Rajasthani secular painting, 25cm x 10.6cm.