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A Bronze Jain Shrine
WESTERN INDIA, DATED 1274 (SAMVAT 1224)
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A Bronze Jain Shrine
Western India, dated 1274 (Samvat 1224)
Very finely cast in openwork with the principal image of a Tirthankara seated in dhyanasana on a throne supported by addorsed lions centering a goddess, flanked by two attendant figures below kneeling apsaras, the tiered conical parasol flanked by confronted elephants and riders, large lotus flowers held in their trunks, the outer border with numerous seated and standing Jinas in architectural niches, the stepped pedestal with diminuitive figures of devotees centering a bull, the reverse with an incised dedicatory inscription
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Western India, dated 1274 (Samvat 1224)
Very finely cast in openwork with the principal image of a Tirthankara seated in dhyanasana on a throne supported by addorsed lions centering a goddess, flanked by two attendant figures below kneeling apsaras, the tiered conical parasol flanked by confronted elephants and riders, large lotus flowers held in their trunks, the outer border with numerous seated and standing Jinas in architectural niches, the stepped pedestal with diminuitive figures of devotees centering a bull, the reverse with an incised dedicatory inscription
13 in. (33 cm.) high