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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BHAIRAVI
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, VIJAYANAGARA
PERIOD, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
17æ in. (45 cm.) high
$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE
Forman collection, London, before 1982.
LITERATURE
B. Soulier, Tantra; Erotic Figures in Indian Art,
Geneva, 1982, p. 8
Compare with a Vijayanagara-period bronze fgure
of Bhairava sold at Christie’s New York, 19 March
2013, lot 230. Images of Bhairavi, the consort
of Shiva in his ascetic form, Dakshinamurti, are
relatively rare. Dakshinamurti, and by extension
Bhairavi, are typically South Indian concepts of
Shiva, and represent wisdom and self-attainment.
印度南部 泰米爾納德邦 毗奢耶那伽羅王朝 十
四/五世紀 女神銅像
Bernard Soulié, Tantra: Erotic Figures in Indian Art,
Miller Graphics, Geneve, 1982, cover.
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