8th Nov, 2023 13:00
Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art
606
A JAIN SHRINE DEPICTING THE NAVADEVATA (NINE GODS), DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
of oval form, the front with nine digambara worthies superimposed on lotus motif, depicting the enlightened jina at the centre, surrounded by the other four supreme ones on the horizontal and vertical axis, with images of, the wheel of the law, the scriptures, the jina and the jina's temple in-between, the panel fringed with flame motifs and surmounted by a kirtimukha and supported below by a pair of adorsed lions on rectangular base, 29cm high
For another navadevata shrine in a private collection, see https://bronzesofindia.com/nava-devata/
Sold for £2,600
of oval form, the front with nine digambara worthies superimposed on lotus motif, depicting the enlightened jina at the centre, surrounded by the other four supreme ones on the horizontal and vertical axis, with images of, the wheel of the law, the scriptures, the jina and the jina's temple in-between, the panel fringed with flame motifs and surmounted by a kirtimukha and supported below by a pair of adorsed lions on rectangular base, 29cm high
For another navadevata shrine in a private collection, see https://bronzesofindia.com/nava-devata/
Auction: Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
