A Gujarati/Rajasthani brass Jain altar of tirthankara Ajitanatha. Western India. Dated 1402 - image-1
A Gujarati/Rajasthani brass Jain altar of tirthankara Ajitanatha. Western India. Dated 1402 - image-2
A Gujarati/Rajasthani brass Jain altar of tirthankara Ajitanatha. Western India. Dated 1402 - image-1A Gujarati/Rajasthani brass Jain altar of tirthankara Ajitanatha. Western India. Dated 1402 - image-2

Lot 29 Dα

A Gujarati/Rajasthani brass Jain altar of tirthankara Ajitanatha. Western India. Dated 1402

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 1.400 € - 1.800 €
Result: 2.268 € (incl. premium)

A Gujarati/Rajasthani brass Jain altar of tirthankara Ajitanatha. Western India. Dated 1402

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 (cihna) between the two lions shows an elephant, the chihna of the fifth tirthankara. Ajitanatha 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 1459 (1402).
Height 17.3 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse