A JAIN BRONZE SHRINE, WESTERN INDIA, PROBABLY GUJARAT, DATED SAMVAT 1188/1131 A.D. depicting Munisuvrata, the twentieth tirthankara, seated in padmasana under a tiered parasol on a lion throne, his emblem the tortoise in front, flanked by chauri bearers, surrounded by an openwork prabha with diminutive figures of the other 23 tirthankaras, surmounted by kalasa finial 26cm high Provenance: Private Collection, London; Acquired from Bodhicitta, New York, late 1990s