India: a beautiful ‘Shiva Lingam’ made of stone, with three red inclusions.
The ‘Shiva lingam’, also called ‘Brahmanda’ or ‘World egg’, is the symbol of the Hindu god Shiva (the ‘destroyer’). This god represents becoming and decaying in the eternal cycle of nature in the Hindu religion. The abstract symbol for the god, Shiva, is his ‘lingam’, an egg-shaped, polished stone placed in a vertical position at the centre of every Shiva temple in India. It is regularly washed and decorated by priests (‘Brahmins’) and worshipped by believers. In its clear form, the ‘lingam’ symbolises ‘male tranquillity’, whilst the signs in contrasting colours on the surface of the stone can be interpreted as ‘female disquiet’. Indian popular belief regards the erect form of the ‘lingam’ as the symbol of the god’s phallus, while the colourful inclusions can be interpreted as its female counterpart. The present, perfect and elegant ‘Shiva lingam’ has a grey brown background colour and three beautiful pockets of dark red.
Height: 16 cm.
First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Private Collection of Harald Leo Diamond, Vienna; then: Viennese private collection.
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
20.02.2017 - 14:00
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EUR 625,-
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EUR 500,-
India: a beautiful ‘Shiva Lingam’ made of stone, with three red inclusions.
The ‘Shiva lingam’, also called ‘Brahmanda’ or ‘World egg’, is the symbol of the Hindu god Shiva (the ‘destroyer’). This god represents becoming and decaying in the eternal cycle of nature in the Hindu religion. The abstract symbol for the god, Shiva, is his ‘lingam’, an egg-shaped, polished stone placed in a vertical position at the centre of every Shiva temple in India. It is regularly washed and decorated by priests (‘Brahmins’) and worshipped by believers. In its clear form, the ‘lingam’ symbolises ‘male tranquillity’, whilst the signs in contrasting colours on the surface of the stone can be interpreted as ‘female disquiet’. Indian popular belief regards the erect form of the ‘lingam’ as the symbol of the god’s phallus, while the colourful inclusions can be interpreted as its female counterpart. The present, perfect and elegant ‘Shiva lingam’ has a grey brown background colour and three beautiful pockets of dark red.
Height: 16 cm.
First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Private Collection of Harald Leo Diamond, Vienna; then: Viennese private collection.
Esperto: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Tribal Art |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 20.02.2017 - 14:00 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Esposizione: | 11.02. - 20.02.2017 |
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