Lot 79
 
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SURASUNDARI    

TAMIL NADU, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY
Wood
29 in (74.4 cm) high

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PROVENANCE
The Rumi Mistry Collection, Mumbai


This door jamb captures Surasundari in all her sensuality. She is finely decked in jewellery, with the soft flow of her sash and garments accentuating her beauty. Surasundari, the "beautiful woman," is believed to have emerged from the churning of the cosmic ocean. "The Surasundari is first and foremost prakriti or materiality, endowed with sensual beauty and like prakriti, she is also the abode of growth and fertility which she shares with the world of nature around her." (Harsha V Deheja, "Beautiful Woman," The Times of India, 9 January 2012, online) Surasundari embodies the fertile, the auspicious, the graceful and the sensual, and is believed to bring with her these qualities through her depiction in temple sculpture.




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  Lot 79 of 81  

CLASSICAL INDIAN ART | LIVE AUCTION, MUMBAI
9 MARCH 2017

Estimate
Rs 3,00,000 - 4,00,000
$4,550 - 6,065

Winning Bid
Rs 2,52,000
$3,818
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)










 



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