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Miniature Jain Shrine

1487–88
Object PlaceWestern India
Medium/TechniqueBrass and silver
Dimensions12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2353
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1916, purchased in India by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)
Head of Siva
18th century
Nandi
16th–17th century
Group shot: 99.54, 17.2351
18th century
Group shot: 17.2333, 17.2342
12th century
a) 9–10th century, b) 16–17th century
Toy Elephant
17th century(?)
Toy Deer
17–18th century
19th century
Group shot: 21.1298, 21.1310, 21. 1654
a) 15th century, b) date not known, c) 12th century(?)
Group shot: 21.1313, 21.1654
a) 16th–17th century, b) 12th century (?)