Column with Four Jinas and Attendants (Jain Marble Column) / Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, Jain
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- Accession Number
- 2004/1.151
- Title
- Column with Four Jinas and Attendants (Jain Marble Column)
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- marble
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century - 13th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Rajasthan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Rajasthan (state)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Jain
- Period
- Gujarat, Solanki period
- Dimensions
- 79.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 15 cm (31 5/16 in. x 9 5/8 in. x 5 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 12th - 13th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- architectural element
- Physical Description
- This column fragment consists of a base with a seated jina in the center with a tiered umbrella above him under an elaborate arch flanked by two figures to either side—two male and dancing females at the outside. Three virtually identical bands above it represent smaller seated jinas in less elaborate pavilions. A pair of male cauri bearers with a devotional male on the outside flanks each of the two central figures. The top figure is flanked by the pair of cauri bearers, but with an elephant surmounted by a lion figure on either side. There is no cognizance present to identify any of the four jinas, all are depicted in lotus position and their hands in dhyana mudra, a meditation gesture.
- Subject Matter
- The Jaina temples of Gujarat and Rajasthan were often carved out of marble and the carvings are very detailed and elaborate. Images of the jinas, the line of twenty-four teachers, predominate and are multiplied over many of the architectural elements.
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- religions and religious concepts
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1376 x 2616
- File Size
- 111 KB
- Record
- 2004/1.151
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