A small standing brass image of Kunthunatha, the seventeenth Jina, India, 17th to 18th century. The figure stands nude on a low circular pedestal with an arched screen behind, in the Digambara manner, with a goat, his identifying cognizance, in relief on the base. Held today by the Brooklyn Museum, accession 34.738.
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MediumBrass, India, 17th to 18th century, Brooklyn Museum 1 Medium (class) Connections
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This source names Digambara directly: "with an arched screen behind, in the Digambara manner, with a goat, his identifying cognizance, in relief on the base."
Source Small Image of Kunthunatha, Brooklyn Museum (34.738)
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Source Small Image of Kunthunatha, Brooklyn Museum (34.738)
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The Brooklyn Museum's own title for this brass sculpture names Kunthunatha as the seventeenth Tirthankara depicted.
Source Small Image of Kunthunatha, Brooklyn Museum (34.738)
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1. Small Image of Kunthunatha, Brooklyn Museum (34.738)
Brooklyn Museum- Brooklyn Museum 34.738
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A small standing brass image of Kunthunatha, the seventeenth Jina, India, 17th to 18th century.
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