A Pink Sandstone Figure of Jina Parshavanatha
A Pink Sandstone Figure of Jina Parshavanatha

India, Rajasthan, 8th century

细节
A Pink Sandstone Figure of Jina Parshavanatha
India, Rajasthan, 8th century
62 in. (157.5 cm.) high
来源
Acquired by 1999, New York.
出版
The Chinese Porcelain Company, Important Asian Art, 2000, pp.46-49, fig.13
展览
Important Asian Art, International Asian Art Fair, the Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 24-29 March 2000
拍场告示
Please note that this lot was recently exhibited in the “Sacred Space” exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art between 23 October 2015 and 17 October 2016.

拍品专文

This serene figure represents Parshavanatha, the 23rd tirthankara, the earliest Jain leader for whom there is evidence of having been a historical figure (c.877-777 BC). He belongs to the Digambara, or (sky-clad) sect of Jainism, with only the serpent king Dharana to shield his body from the elements. Several Jain texts describe a scene when Parshavanatha was attacked by a demon during meditation, Dharana covered the Jina with his own coiled body and made a parasol from the hood of his seven heads. The present sculpture is a superbly executed example of this iconic figure of Jainism.

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