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A JAIN BRONZE TIRTHANKARA SHRINE, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 1440 - AK0126
India. Cast in openwork with the central deity seated in dhyanasana on a throne supported on a stepped rectangular plinth, surrounded by numerous seated and standing figures of Jinas and attendants. The back with a dedicatory inscription in Devanagari script.
Provenance: R. M. Collection, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium, thence by descent to his wife Marie-Anne Lefevre in 2023.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, casting irregularities, tiny nicks, small dents, and soil encrustation.
Weight: 1,649 g
Dimensions: Height 23.5 cm
In Jainism, Tirthankara was a savior who succeeded in crossing over life's stream of rebirths, making a path for others to follow. Each cosmic age produces its own group of twenty-four Tirthankaras, the first of whom, if it is an age of descending purity, are giants. But these twenty-four gradually decrease in stature and appearance after shorter intervals of time as the age proceeds. These twenty-four Tirthankaras are clearly depicted by the current lot in various sizes.
Jain Tirthankara shrines are often cast in metal, exemplified by the current lot, as the cold surface of the metal serves to remind and emphasize the frozen detachment from life. These shrines are not worshiped as personal gods capable of bestowing blessings or interfering with human events, rather as representatives of great beings with a sense of renunciation and the highest virtues. Jain believers pay homage in the hope that they in turn are encouraged along the path towards their final self-liberation
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