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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 355

A COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF SHIVA VINADHARA SOUTH INDIA , TAMIL NADU, CHOLA , CIRCA
12TH CENTURY
Estimate: 120,000 - 180,000 USD

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF SHIVA VINADHARA SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, CHOLA, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY

Height 17 ⅞ in. (45.5 cm)

the Lord Shiva standing in tribhanga with his left leg slightly forward, his waist clad with a short veshti and secured with a jeweled
girdle, his primary hands gracefully outstretched to hold the vina, his upper arms holding a mrga and parasu, antelope and battle-
axe, adorned with a collar of beaded necklaces, his matted hair raised in a tall jatamukuta centered by a small sun and moon disk

Provenance
R.H. Ellsworth, Ltd.
Sotheby's London, December 7, 1971, lot 66
Collection of Andrew Solomon, London
John Nicholson's, Haslemere, Surrey, April 18, 2018, lot 31

Catalogue Note
Shiva is portrayed here in his manifestation as The Lord of Music entrancing the viewer with the divine music of his vina and
swaying in graceful movement as he plays. The tall jatamukuta crowning Shiva’s head tilts slightly as if the Lord was tipping his
head back to the rhythm of the music. With arms outstretched, his upper hand slides along the chords while his lower hand plucks
at the strings of the vina; his entire body is attuned to the tempo of the music. Shiva, in this manifestation as the originator of
song, is both serene and enchanting.

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