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崇聖御寶 - 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮 ·阿爾斯多夫珍藏

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A LARGE GRANITE LION-FORM PILLAR BASE 印度 南部帕拉瓦王朝 八世紀或以後 花崗岩雕獅形柱基
SOUTH INDIA, PALLAVA PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY OR LATER
來源:
Shown seated on his hind legs, mouth agape with fangs bared, his bulging eyes
William H. Wolff Inc.，紐約，1964年11月19日。
surmounted by ornate brows centered by a flaming jewel, the top flat to support a pillar
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。
37æ in. (95.9 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE:
William H. Wolff Inc., New York, 19 November 1964.
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. 343.

LITERATURE:
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and
Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 253 and 349, cat. no. 343.

Pallava architecture is distinguished by resilient cave temples with carvings in hard
gneiss and granite rock. Among the contributions of Narasimhavarman Mahamalla
(630-668), the third king of the Pallava dynasty, were the conversions of the temple
pillars from a square base to the form of a squatting lion as seen in the present
lot. These lion-form pillar bases were common across this period, predominantly
throughout Kanchipuram, to the extent that the motif of the seated lion is considered a
hallmark of Pallava sculpture.

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