Lot Essay
This bronze shrine is remarkable for the complex openwork casting and vivid detail. It is cast in two pieces, with the large surrounding arch separately cast and adjoined.
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Property from the Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth
A bronze Jain shrine
INDIA, GUJARAT, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze Jain shrine
India, Gujarat, 11th/12th Century
Very finely cast in openwork with the principal image of a Tirthankara seated in dhyanasana on a throne supported by elephants and lions with a goddess at center, framed by apsaras and with a tiered conical parasol above flanked by confronted elephants and riders, the outer border with numerous seated and standing Jinas in architectural niches, the stepped pedestal with a frieze of diminuitive figures, the arched framework crested by fluid scrollwork, with a rich brown patina
12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.) high
India, Gujarat, 11th/12th Century
Very finely cast in openwork with the principal image of a Tirthankara seated in dhyanasana on a throne supported by elephants and lions with a goddess at center, framed by apsaras and with a tiered conical parasol above flanked by confronted elephants and riders, the outer border with numerous seated and standing Jinas in architectural niches, the stepped pedestal with a frieze of diminuitive figures, the arched framework crested by fluid scrollwork, with a rich brown patina
12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. J.R. Belmont Collection, Basel, before 1964
R.H. Ellsworth Collection
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977
R.H. Ellsworth Collection
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977