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A RARE MONUMENTAL BUFF SANDSTONE skulls at either side. Skulls in matted hair is a characteristic
HEAD OF A DEVI of Shiva but the benign aspect, lack of a third eye on the
forehead, elegant locks and a more feminine countenance
NORTH INDIA, 9TH-10TH CENTURY might suggest that the head depicts the goddess Devi. Devi
the head of a monumental sculpture of the great mother is often portrayed as a beautiful woman representing the
goddess carved with a rounded face, downcast eyes in a great mother goddess, with wrathful attributes and weapons
compassionate gaze, full and sensuous lips, and an elaborate of battle indicating her role as destroyer, most popularly as
coiffure of curls and ribbons with two human skulls at either Durga slaughtering the buffalo demon Mahisha.
side Rare tête monumentale de la déesse Devi en grès, Inde du
55 cm, 21⅝ in. nord, IXe-Xe siècle

PROVENANCE 30 000-40 000€
With Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, around ca. 1970s.
Christie’s, New York, 14th September 2010, lot 161. 印度北 九至十世紀 砂岩雕提毗首
The finely carved head originally belonged to monumental 來源 :
sculpture, and is detailed with rounded face, downcast
eyes in a compassionate gaze, full and sensuous lips, and Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard珍藏、1970年代中旬入藏
an elaborate coiffure of curls and ribbons with two human 紐約佳士得、2010年9月14日、編號161

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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION goddess of poetry and music playing the vina to his left,
A BLACK STONE STELE DEPICTING VISHNU and, Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune to his right, devotees
and donors kneeling below, and a prabha behind depicting
EASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD (8TH-12TH celestials and mythical animals.
CENTURY) Belle stèle de Vishnu en pierre noire, Inde orientale, époque
CA. 12TH CENTURY Pala (VIIIe-XIIe siècle), vers XIIe siècle
78 cm, 30¾ in.
15 000-20 000€
PROVENANCE
A private Dutch collection, acquired before 1970, by repute. 印度 帕拉時代約十二世紀 黑石碑毗濕奴
Christie’s Amsterdam, 18th October 2005, lot 40. 來源 :
The four-armed Hindu god Vishnu standing in samapada 荷蘭私人收藏、於1970年間入藏
sthanaka on a lotus flower pedestal, holding the gada and 阿姆斯特丹佳士得、2005年10月18日，編號40
chakra in his upper right and left hands, and sankha in the
lowered left, attended by his two consorts, Sarasvati, the

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