Important Notice

  Lot 77 of 87  

CLASSICAL INDIAN ART
10-11 APRIL 2018
Estimate
Rs 4,00,000 - 6,00,000
$6,250 - 9,375


Winning Bid
Rs 5,18,400
$8,100
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)

DETAILS

SEATED TIRTHANKAR WITH CHAUBISI
15TH CENTURY
GUJARAT, DATED VS 1518 = 1452 CE
Inscribed and dated in Nagari on the reverse
Brass with silver inlay
11 in (28.2 cm) high

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PROVENANCE
Property from a Distinguished Family Collection
Jainism is based on a philosophy of emancipation from the endless cycle of reincarnations through the path of non-violence. "The Jains believe in a group of twenty-four Jinas; each is also known as a tirthankara, or 'forder', who traverses the gulf between samsara, or the phenomenal world, and liberation." (Pratapaditya Pal ed., The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and New York: Thames and Hudson Inc., 1994, p. 14) There are two orders in Jainism: Svetambaras, who are clad in the colour white, and the Digambaras, who are clad by the sky. "According to the Digambaras all possessions, by fostering attachment to the world, are a hindrance to liberation." (Pal, p. 15) Jainism stresses the importance of ascetic practices and focuses more deeply on meditation and austerity than Buddhism. Jain art reflects this philosophy of asceticism and renunciation, as seen in the present lot.

SEATED TIRTHANKAR WITH CHAUBISI

Category: Antiquty