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WESTERN INDIA, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
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A JAIN SILVER-INLAID BRASS ALTAR
WESTERN INDIA, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Cast with a jina seated in meditation on a throne supported by addorsed lions and under a single tier umbrella, surrounded by seated or standing figures of tirthankaras, the eyes and auspicious srivasta marks picked out in silver, the lintel with mythical beasts head finials, on openwork plinth, the reverse with extensive inscriptions in devanagari script
WESTERN INDIA, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Cast with a jina seated in meditation on a throne supported by addorsed lions and under a single tier umbrella, surrounded by seated or standing figures of tirthankaras, the eyes and auspicious srivasta marks picked out in silver, the lintel with mythical beasts head finials, on openwork plinth, the reverse with extensive inscriptions in devanagari script
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