Jina Rishabhanatha

Artist: Unknown

late 7th century c.e.

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Rishabanatha, who is identified by his flowing locks and the bull depicted on the pedestal beneath him, is the first of the twenty-four Jinas, or Jain deities, who crossed through the "torrent of rebirth" before the historical Mahavira established this religious practice in the sixth century B.C.E. Like Buddhist and Hindu gods, Rishabanatha is physically perfect and has a halo around his head. As is typical of Jain figures, he is nude, or "sky-clad," a reference to his total detachment from the earthly world.

Medium

Chlorite

Dimensions

26 × 16 × 5 in. (66 × 40.6 × 12.7 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with a gift from Steven M. Kossak, B.A. 1972

Accession Number

2000.36.1

Geography

India

Culture

Indian

Period

Gupta period (ca. 320–ca. 600 C.E.), Pala period (ca. 750–1100)

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With Arnold H. Lieberman (Buddhist & Hindu Antiquities), New York, by April 2000; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2000
Bibliography
  • Denise Patry Leidy, "South and Southeast Asian Sculpture, 7th–9th century," Arts of Asia (March–April 2018), 58, fig. 1
  • Phyllis Granoff, ed., Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection, exh. cat. (New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2009), 162–63, no. S-02, ill
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 166 (detail), 167, pl. 149
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

religious art

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