Dimension: Height 39,5 cm ; Wide 18 cm ; Depth 10 cm

Weight: 4728 grams

Image of a Jina standing in the classic kayotsarga meditative posture, probably of the Jina Parsvanatha.

The figure broad shoulders, wide hips, elongated arms and elongated ear lobes, closely cropped hair, the face is finely rendered with triple lines over the eyes to denote lids and eyebrows.

The nose is pointed and prominent and the lips are full and slightly pursed. The image stands on a rounded pedestal.

The nakedness of the figure suggests that the image was made for a devotee of the Digambara sect, a Jain sect that was most widely followed among the Jains of the Deccan plateau and the very south of India.

‘Digambara’ referred to those who were ‘sky clad’ in that they went naked. Jainism prospered in the south and was protected by powerful local rulers.