The Victoria and Albert Museum's own collection record for "Jina Rishabhanatha," a sandstone relief from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing the seated Jina in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an open-work nimbus, attended by flywhisk bearers, celestial garland-bearers and a drummer on a triple umbrella. The record gives the accession number IS.12-1996, dimensions of height 78.5 cm, width 48 cm and depth 21.6 cm, and notes the figure's long uncut hair, tucked behind his ears and falling onto his shoulders, as distinguishing him uniquely among the Jinas. Acquired for the 1995 to 1996 exhibition "The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India."
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The holding museum's own catalogue record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its place of origin, period, medium, dimensions and accession number, its own title directly naming Rishabhanatha as the figure shown and its own physical description matching the diagnostic long-shoulder-hair iconography the corroborating Wikipedia record gives for identifying him. Citation
PublisherVictoria and Albert Museum
URLhttps://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O66318/
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Rishabhanatha directly: "own collection record for "Jina Rishabhanatha," a sandstone relief from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing the seated Jina in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an..."
This source names Uttar Pradesh directly: "a sandstone relief from Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 9th century, showing the seated Jina in meditation on a lion-supported throne beneath an open-work nimbus, attended by flywhisk bearers..."
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- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
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