Sacred Art & Iconography

Small Image of Kunthunatha, the Seventeenth Tirthankara (Brooklyn Museum)

Brass, India, 17th to 18th century, Brooklyn Museum

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Divinity Atlas. "Small Image of Kunthunatha, the Seventeenth Tirthankara (Brooklyn Museum)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/kunthunatha-brooklyn-34-738-artwork.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Small Image of Kunthunatha, the Seventeenth Tirthankara (Brooklyn Museum). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/kunthunatha-brooklyn-34-738-artwork

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Small Image of Kunthunatha, the Seventeenth Tirthankara (Brooklyn Museum)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/kunthunatha-brooklyn-34-738-artwork},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Digambara

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)