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Lot 68
 
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KARNATAKA/KERALA
19TH CENTURY
Bronze
10.75 in (27.4 cm) wide

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PROVENANCE
Property of an Important Collector

Animals such as the boar and tiger, who had the potential to destroy crops and wreak havoc upon agrarian communities, were worshipped by farmers during the harvest season. Images of the animals, such as the boar and sow (lots 68 and 69) were placed in community shrines known as kolas, as a mark of respect. They may have been brought out for special ceremonies, or prayed to as animistic deities who were to be appeased in order to avert the destruction of crops.

The boar and sow from the 19th century, seen in the present lot, are rare for the classical and European influences they demonstrate in the unusual plasticity of their moulded form. The male and female might have been worshipped together as a totemic pair to further pacify the spirits of deified animals.







  Lot 68 of 75  

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

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Rs 9,96,336
$15,096

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