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A REDDISH-BROWN STONE EKAMUKHALINGA 喀什米爾 六/七世紀 石雕濕婆神林伽像
KASHMIR, 6TH-7TH CENTURY
來源:
Supported on a square form plinth, one face of the linga carved with the face of Shiva, John Siudmak Asian Art，倫敦，1985年12月12日。
which is adorned with a necklace and earrings, the hair in tight curls and piled into a short
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
chignon
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:
John Siudmak, Asian Art, London, 12 December 1985.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
EXHIBITED:
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast
Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997,
cat. no. 6.
LITERATURE:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and
Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 15 and 272, cat. no. 6.
J. Siudmak, "Gandharan and Western Himalayan Sculpture in the Alsdorf Collection,"
Orientations, July/August 1997, p. 46, fig. 8.
J. Siudmak, The Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Ancient Kashmir and its Influences, Leiden,
2013, p. 171, pl. 67.

Ekamukhalinga is the symbol of a cosmic pillar that connects heaven and earth, and is
the focus of worship within a Shaivite temple. Compare the full features, hair arranged
in a wide chignon, and beaded necklace of the present lot with a stone ekamukhalinga,
dated to the seventh century, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(acc. no. 1989.150), and illustrated by P. Pal in Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure,
Chicago, 2003, p. 95, no. 52.

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