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Property from the Collection of Siddharth K. Bhansali
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF RISHABHANATHA
KARNATAKA, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm) high
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This rare bronze from Karnataka in the Deccan Plateau depicts the first Jain saviour (Tirthankara), Rishabhanatha, also known as Adinatha, "Lord of the Beginning". Rishabhanatha is identified by the long tresses resting on his broad shoulders. Devotees place his origins to millions of years ago, when in addition to enacting the standard career of a Tirthankara, he introduced a variety of practical and social skills to human beings (Granoff (ed.), Victorious Ones, New York, 2009, p.21). A fine example from a limited corpus of sculpture, Rishabhanatha's long legs extending well beyond his lotus seat is a common trait in Karnatak jinas, enhancing the figure's presence (cf., Pal, The Peaceful Liberators, Los Angeles, 1995, p.165, no.51). The bronze would have been produced under the Western Ganga or Western Chalukya dynasties. The overall slenderness and more oval face serve to date the sculpture to c.9th century, before figures become fleshier and figures rounder. Compare a 10th-century Karnatak standing Jina (Granoff, op. cit., pp.214-5, no.S 28). Provenance Collection of Siddharth K. Bhansali, New Orleans Acquired in London between 1978-83