A JAIN SILVER-INLAID ALTAR PIECE
A JAIN SILVER-INLAID ALTAR PIECE

NORTH-WEST INDIA, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

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A JAIN SILVER-INLAID ALTAR PIECE
NORTH-WEST INDIA, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
Cast copper-alloy, a jina seated in meditation on a throne supported by addorsed lions, surrounded by seated or standing figures of tirthankaras, his eyes and auspicious srivasta marks picked out in silver, on openwork plinth
8 5/8in. (22cm.) high with stand
Provenance
With Franklin Gallery, California, 1962.

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