India: An old wooden sculpture of the dancing god Vishnu — from a temple or religious vehicle in South India.
India: An old wooden sculpture of the dancing god Vishnu — from a temple or religious vehicle in South India.
Carved in relief, worked sculpturally and largely three-dimensionally from hard wood. The four-armed Hindu god Vishnu (‘the Protector’) is represented in dancing pose, with his attributes around him: the shell trumpet (upper right), the wheel (upper left) and the club (lower right). Vishnu’s fourth attribute, a lotus flower, has been broken off. Placed watchfully above the divinely crowned, richly ornamented Hindu deity is a well-wishing guardian angel called ‘Yalli’ or ‘Kirtimukha’. A small mythical lion, ‘Singha’, stands between the legs of the deity. A wooden sculpture with distinctly noticeable age and weathering damage (cracks). Reason for the weathering is that this sculpture has long stood exposed on the outside of a temple or a religious vehicle to the monsoon rains of South India. Dimensions: 43 x 21 x 8 cm. 19th century or earlier. (ME)
Provenance: German Private Collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
02.11.2015 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 813.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 300.-
India: An old wooden sculpture of the dancing god Vishnu — from a temple or religious vehicle in South India.
Carved in relief, worked sculpturally and largely three-dimensionally from hard wood. The four-armed Hindu god Vishnu (‘the Protector’) is represented in dancing pose, with his attributes around him: the shell trumpet (upper right), the wheel (upper left) and the club (lower right). Vishnu’s fourth attribute, a lotus flower, has been broken off. Placed watchfully above the divinely crowned, richly ornamented Hindu deity is a well-wishing guardian angel called ‘Yalli’ or ‘Kirtimukha’. A small mythical lion, ‘Singha’, stands between the legs of the deity. A wooden sculpture with distinctly noticeable age and weathering damage (cracks). Reason for the weathering is that this sculpture has long stood exposed on the outside of a temple or a religious vehicle to the monsoon rains of South India. Dimensions: 43 x 21 x 8 cm. 19th century or earlier. (ME)
Provenance: German Private Collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.11.2015 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 28.10. - 02.11.2015 |
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