A SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRONZE JAIN SHRINE

Description:

North-West India, 15th/ 16th cent.
H. 13,3 cm
The shrine is cast with a central Jain tirthankara seated in vajrasana on a cushion placed on a throne, his hands in dhyanamudra, his chest with the srivatsa-emblem, his face worn due extensive ritual rubbing, a parasol flanked by a pair of elephants above his head, surrounded by various Jain tirthankaras, attendants and a pair of worshippers, the reverse with lengthy inscription
Old and important German private collection - Traces of age, partly chipped