An Indian Silver-Inlaid Brass Jain Shrine

Dated 1334

depicting a Jain tirthankara, seated in meditation on a throne supported by lions, the figure with silver highlights and surrounded by further jina and attendants under a large parasol, the reverse inscribed and dated.

Height 7 3/4 in., 19.7 cm.

Property from a Private Indiana Collection

Provenance:

Acquired from a Private English Collection.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.