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A BRONZE FIGURE OF SUBRAMANYA
SOUTH INDIA, NAYAKA PERIOD, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
22Ω in. (57.2 cm.) high
$25,000-35,000

PROVENANCE
Collection of Peter Cochrane, London
Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 285
The Hindu god of war stands on a lotus base with his lower hands
in abhayamudra and varadamudra, and upper hands holding
a vajrayudha or thunderbolt, and a saktiayudha or an axe-like
weapon. Subramanya, the son of the Hindu deities Shiva and
Parvati and the brother of Ganesha, is an important fgure in South
India, where he is often worshipped with forms of Shiva such as
Somaskanda, Nataraja and Chandrashekhara.

THE PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST COLLECTOR
644
A GRANITE FIGURE OF BHAIRAVA
SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY
32æ in. (83.2 cm.) high
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
Purchased from Nuri Farhadi, New York, 1978
Bhairava, the wrathful form of Shiva, accompanied by his dog, is
identifed by his protruding canine teeth, arched eyebrows, bulging
eyes, and his attributes the trishula or trident, a kapala or skull cup,
and a damaru or drum. He wears a rounded earring in his left ear
and a makara-form earring.
Compare the long torso, faming tresses and snarling dog of the
current work with fgure a, a granite fgure of Bhairava at the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (acc. no. M.70.42.4).

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Figure a: Shiva as Bhairava, India, Tamil Nadu, early 13th
century, 31 x 17 1/4 x 7 in. (78.74 x 43.82 x 17.78 cm), Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E.
Manheim (M.70.42.4)