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Rekord verktyg Display vyer	Detaljer Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection ObjektnummerS1964-0041-001-0 TitelHead Of Tirthankara BeskrivningA head of Tirthankara ini sandstone is another fragment which, when complete, would have graced a very impressive torso of a Tirthankara from Gujarat or Rajasthan, where traditionally such figures are associated with Jaina temples. Usually located in 52 shrines or devakulikas, seated images of Tirthankaras are placed for special veneration; from the lanchana or identifying iconographic features represented on their seats, one could establish the identity of the Tirthankara. Here, since just the head remains, it is hard to identify any further details. Alternatively, it could possibly be misconstrued as Buddha head, but due to its stylistic affinity with western Indian sculptures in marble and the pattern of the coils on the head, one can definitvely identify a Jina or Tirthankara from a Buddha.This head of Tirthankara in sandstone “when complete, would have graced a very impressive torso of a Tirthankara from Gujarat or Rajasthan, where traditionally such figures are associated with Jaina temples. Usually located in 52 shrines or ‘devakulikas’, seated images of Tirthankaras are placed for special veneration; from the ‘lanchana’ or identifying iconographic features represented on their seats, one could establish the identity of the Tirthankara. Here, since just the head remains, it is hard to identify any further details. Alternatively, it could possibly be misconstrued as a Buddha head, but due to its stylistic affinity with western Indian sculptures in marble and the pattern of the coils on the head, one can definitively identify a Jina or Tirthankara from a Buddha.” (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 27) ProduktionsplatsIndia, Gujarat / Rajasthan Produktionsperiodc. 10th C Föremål_kategoriSculpture MaterialSandstone Dimensioner H: 16 cm L: 18.4 cm W: 18 cm KreditDonated by Mr Malcolm MacDoonald

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

ObjektnummerS1964-0041-001-0

TitelHead Of Tirthankara

BeskrivningA head of Tirthankara ini sandstone is another fragment which, when complete, would have graced a very impressive torso of a Tirthankara from Gujarat or Rajasthan, where traditionally such figures are associated with Jaina temples. Usually located in 52 shrines or devakulikas, seated images of Tirthankaras are placed for special veneration; from the lanchana or identifying iconographic features represented on their seats, one could establish the identity of the Tirthankara. Here, since just the head remains, it is hard to identify any further details. Alternatively, it could possibly be misconstrued as Buddha head, but due to its stylistic affinity with western Indian sculptures in marble and the pattern of the coils on the head, one can definitvely identify a Jina or Tirthankara from a Buddha.This head of Tirthankara in sandstone “when complete, would have graced a very impressive torso of a Tirthankara from Gujarat or Rajasthan, where traditionally such figures are associated with Jaina temples. Usually located in 52 shrines or ‘devakulikas’, seated images of Tirthankaras are placed for special veneration; from the ‘lanchana’ or identifying iconographic features represented on their seats, one could establish the identity of the Tirthankara. Here, since just the head remains, it is hard to identify any further details. Alternatively, it could possibly be misconstrued as a Buddha head, but due to its stylistic affinity with western Indian sculptures in marble and the pattern of the coils on the head, one can definitively identify a Jina or Tirthankara from a Buddha.” (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 27)

ProduktionsplatsIndia, Gujarat / Rajasthan

Produktionsperiodc. 10th C

Föremål_kategoriSculpture

MaterialSandstone

Dimensioner

H: 16 cm
L: 18.4 cm
W: 18 cm

KreditDonated by Mr Malcolm MacDoonald

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