A Jain brass shrine Karnataka, 17th CenturyA Jain brass shrine Karnataka, 17th Centurythe naked Tirthankara with broad shoulders and long arms to the sides, flanked by Saraswati and a multi-armed warrior under an arched mandorla with a kirttimukha at the crest 32.8 cm. highProvenanceButterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, November 4, 2003, lot 3250.Private US collection. For a similar example dated to the 16th Century and sold at Sotheby's see, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Including Property from the Estate of Dr. Claus Virch, 16 March 2016, lot 766.