A BLACKSTONE FIGURE OF A JAIN TIRTHANKARA

Description:

North-West India, ca. 1800
H. 21/23 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a cushion with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap, naked, his chest carved with the srivatsa emblem, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, aquiline nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and his hair combed in a chignon, the front of the cushion engraved with an inscription showing possibly the date of 1800 AD.
Former old German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Partly traces of age and chipped, mounted