Mixed lot (6 items): India: Six old miniature figures carved from ivory.
Six charming, small and extremely finely carved Indian figures made of old, naturally darkened ivory. All figures except one rest on ivory plinths. The figures represent the following:
1: A sitting Maharajah with a large turban and ornaments.
2: A music-making ‘Balakrishna’, that is, the Hindu god Krishna as a child, playing with a butter ball.
3: The Hindu goddess Lakshmi, wife of the god Vishnu, and herself the goddess of good fortune, love, prosperity, health and beauty. The present miniature sculpture depicts the goddess in a sitting position. She wear a crown and long hair. In her left hand she holds a vessel containing the ‘elixir of eternal life’ (Amrita), whilst stretching her right hand forward in the ‘gesture of giving’.
4: A wandering monk and preacher in a standing position, with fur loincloth and stick (here lost), and with a bag over his left shoulder.
5: Two sitting ascetics with turban and in typical meditation pose (Dhyanamudra). Between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century; H: 3 cm to 5.2 cm.
Provenance: The consignor of the six miniature ivory carvings received all six pieces from her Indian mother-in-law as a wedding gift. According to the consignor, they all came from the family’s estate, to which they belonged for many generations. Currently: German Private Collection. (ME) ASA
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
26.05.2015 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 750.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,600.-
Mixed lot (6 items): India: Six old miniature figures carved from ivory.
Six charming, small and extremely finely carved Indian figures made of old, naturally darkened ivory. All figures except one rest on ivory plinths. The figures represent the following:
1: A sitting Maharajah with a large turban and ornaments.
2: A music-making ‘Balakrishna’, that is, the Hindu god Krishna as a child, playing with a butter ball.
3: The Hindu goddess Lakshmi, wife of the god Vishnu, and herself the goddess of good fortune, love, prosperity, health and beauty. The present miniature sculpture depicts the goddess in a sitting position. She wear a crown and long hair. In her left hand she holds a vessel containing the ‘elixir of eternal life’ (Amrita), whilst stretching her right hand forward in the ‘gesture of giving’.
4: A wandering monk and preacher in a standing position, with fur loincloth and stick (here lost), and with a bag over his left shoulder.
5: Two sitting ascetics with turban and in typical meditation pose (Dhyanamudra). Between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century; H: 3 cm to 5.2 cm.
Provenance: The consignor of the six miniature ivory carvings received all six pieces from her Indian mother-in-law as a wedding gift. According to the consignor, they all came from the family’s estate, to which they belonged for many generations. Currently: German Private Collection. (ME) ASA
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: | 26.05.2015 - 15:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 20.05. - 26.05.2015 |
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