Shrine with Twenty-Four Jinas

Object Details

• Description

  The delicate temple-like frame of the shrine sits on a footed base with incised foliate decoration. Miniature pillars of the niche-like flames of Parshvanantha include images of eleven jinas with flanking attendants. A row of small figures representing the planets is included across the base. All details of this shrine are executed with great refinement.

• Inscriptions

  An inscription on the reverse states that this piece was dedicated in the year 1097 by a devotee named Sri Prasannachandra.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

• Origin

  Madhya Pradesh state, Khajuraho region, India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Freer Gallery 02: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent

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• Date

  1000s

• Place

  Madhya Pradesh state, Khajuraho region, India

• Topic

  Parshvanatha, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Shrine, Art, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection, Flowers

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Yes