presumably 16th Cent. Indian Gujarat temple portal in white marble of a Jain temple, consisting of a pair of full columns and a pair of half-columns, each with a base and capital, & a double threshold with sculpted, protective chhepus and an upper frieze including a Thirtankhara INDIA / GUJARAT - probably 16th century temple portal in white marble of a Jain temple, consisting of a pair of full columns (182 cm high) and a pair of half-columns (182 cm high), each with base and capital, & from a double threshold (154 cm wide) with sculpted, protective chhepus and with upper frieze including a Thirtankhara

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