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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH
PRIVATE COLLECTION
法國私人珍藏

(LOTS 62-64)

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MASQUE DE BHAIRAVA EN CUIVRE DORE REPOUSSE
NEPAL, XVIEME-XVIIEME SIECLE
La divinité à l'expression féroce et aux yeux exorbités arbore une couronne
très ouvragée incrustée de pierres dures et crânes en cristal de roche et est
auréolée d'une mandorle composée d'une multitude de serpents stylisés. Il
y a des traces de polychromie sur le visage en particulier sur les lèvres de la
divinité.
Hauteur: 62 cm. (24Ω in.)
€40,000-60,000 US$48,000-71,000
£37,000-54,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in 2017 from a English private collection.
This striking, repoussé mask depicts Bhairava, a fierce manifestation of the
Hindu god Shiva. He bears Shiva’s effigy at the base of his foliate skull tiara.
Flaming hair, bulging eyes, and earrings made of serpents are all associated
with Bhairava. This mask-like form of his image is ubiquitous because of its
ritual significance. During the Indrajatra festival of Nepal, devotees drink beer
or wine funneled through the gaping mouth of this head. Compare with a clay
mask of Bhairava with similar modeling of the physiognomy, hair and crown
(Himalayan art resource item no. 58608). The repoussé figure however, retains
much greater detail, particularly with the eyebrows and moustache which
have been rendered to resemble flames. For further comparison, two other
repoussé close masks of slightly smaller dimensions, one sold at Christie's
New York, 21 March 2012, lot 821 and the other one on 21 March 2018 lot 307.
AN IMPORTANT GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE MASK OF BHAIRAVA
NEPAL, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
尼泊爾 十六/十七世紀 鎏金銅皮陪臚面具
來源:
法國私人珍藏，于2017年購自英國私人藏家

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