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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION
318
A BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHNAVI
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, VIJAYANAGARA PERIOD, 14TH CENTURY
9 in. (23 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
New York art market.
Private collection, California, acquired from the above on 1 October 1990.
Vaishnavi is one of the matrikas, or mother goddesses central to Hinduism and
is often depicted alongside Varahi, Indrani and Chamunda. She is considered
the shakti, or female manifestation of the god Vishnu. Here she stands erect
on a lotus base holding a chakra wheel, conch shell, and bird and is adorned
with elaborate jewelry and a tall headdress. Her silhouette is beautifully
accentuated by a tapered faming aureole.
印度南部 泰米爾納德邦 毗奢耶那伽羅王朝 十四世紀 女神毗濕奴銅像
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
319
A BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA NATARAJA
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, VIJAYANAGARA PERIOD,
15TH CENTURY
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Massachussetts.
Sotheby’s New York, 20 March 1997, lot 279.
Compare with a very similar bronze fgure of Shiva Nataraja sold at
Christie’s New York, 13 September 2016, lot 248.
印度南部 泰米爾納德邦 毗奢耶那伽羅王朝 十五世紀 濕婆納塔羅闍銅像
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