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Lot 53
 
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MUKHALINGAM OF SHIVA

MAHARASHTRA/KARNATAKA
20TH CENTURY
Bronze
15.25 in (39.2 cm) high

The lingam is an abstract visualisation of Shiva. A mukhalingam is a mask to cover the stone lingam, "intended to safeguard the worshipper from confrontation with the naked presence, from the awesome emanations that projected from the sacred stone." (Pupul Jaykar, The Earthern Drum: An Introduction to the Visual Arts of Rural India, New Delhi: The National Museum, 1980, p. 190)







  Lot 53 of 75  

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

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Winning Bid
Rs 4,80,000
$7,273

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MUKHALINGAM OF SHIVA


 









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