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all along the borders of panels and also costumes of human figures and architectural peculiarities depicted in the panels, so also that finest filigree type work which we see in some of the oldest pieces of Baroda Museum mandapa is not to be seen here. If we take into account all these factors then these pieces can be safely placed in the first decade of the 18th century A. D. Unfortunately, all the six pieces are not available for study at one place, even then these three pieces acquired by the Department of Museums represent a very important phase of the art of Jain polychrome wood-carvings in Gujarat.
Reprinted from Journal of the Oriental Institute, Mar.-Jan. 1978
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