Lot 533 Dα

A Gujarati/Rajasthani brass shrine of Jain tirthankara Shreyansanatha. Dated 1524

A Rajasthani copper alloy shrine of Jain tirthankara Shreyansanatha with a silver shrivatsa on his chest, seated in meditation on a throne supported by two lions, underneath an umbrella held by two elephants. The cognisance (chihna) between the two lions shows a rhinoceros (khadga), the chihna of the eleventh tirthankara. Shreyansanatha is surrounded by seated and standing jinas, on the front of the base the Nine Planets (navagraha) and devotees. Inscription at the back dated samvat 1581 on the second day of the clear half of the month phalgun (1524).
Height 19.2 cm