Lot 36
 
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BHAIRAVA    

MAHARASHTRA/KARNATAKA
18/19TH CENTURY
Brass
29.5 in (75 cm) high

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

This unusually large and powerful Bhairava is shown holding a drum, trident, begging bowl and sword. To his left is his consort Gauri and to his right is a serpent. The sun and the moon are depicted on the stele.


Shiva, the destroyer, who ends one age so another may begin, is one of the three gods of the Hindu Trinity. He is represented and worshipped in both iconic and aniconic forms.

In the iconic form, Shiva has been variously represented in Indian sculpture and painting through the ages. Miniature paintings show him with his consort, Parvati, sometimes with his son, Ganesha, and often accompanied by his mount, Nandi, the bull. In sculpture, he is shown in various avatars, and is most popular as the dancing Nataraja. In aniconic representation, Shiva is abstracted to a lingam.




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  Lot 36 of 75  

LIVING TRADITIONS: FOLK & TRIBAL ART
16-17 MARCH 2016

Estimate
Rs 4,75,000 - 5,75,000
$7,200 - 8,715

RESERVE NOT MET













 



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