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A PAIR OF WOOD GUARDIANS temple at Ettumanur (Kramrisch, Dravida and Kerala in the Art of
KERALA, 17TH CENTURY Travancore, Ascona, 1959, pls.14 & 34-5). Also, see a closely related
39 3/8 in. (100 cm) high, the larger 17th-/18th-century example in the Victoria & Albert Museum (IS.22-
1908) as well as a seated figure of Kali, attributed to the 17th century,
$5,000 - 8,000 formerly in the Kornblum Collection, now in the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art (2011.5). Furthermore, compare a fragment depicting
喀拉拉邦 十七世紀 木質護法神像 Bhairavi, attributed to the 17th century in Mallebrein, Skulpturen aus
Indien, Munchen, 1984, p.180, no.147.
This large and expressive pair of wood temple guardians (dvarapalas)
have bold headdresses and regalia and voluminous dhotis Provenance
characteristic of the exuberant dress associated with Kerala’s Ex-Estate of David Swope, New England, 2019
Kathakali dance tradition. Related examples can be found in the 15th-
century temple of Kazhakuttam, Kerala, as well as a 16th-century

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