Lot 37
 
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KARNATAKA
18/19TH CENTURY
Bronze
14.25 in (36.2 cm) high

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

The five-headed Cobra represents the five elements and sits atop a Maratha turban. The Maratha Empire extended over much of the southwestern subcontinent in the 17th and 18th centuries.


Shiva, the destroyer, who ends one age so another may begin, is one of the three gods of the Hindu Trinity. He is represented and worshipped in both iconic and aniconic forms.

In the iconic form, Shiva has been variously represented in Indian sculpture and painting through the ages. Miniature paintings show him with his consort, Parvati, sometimes with his son, Ganesha, and often accompanied by his mount, Nandi, the bull. In sculpture, he is shown in various avatars, and is most popular as the dancing Nataraja. In aniconic representation, Shiva is abstracted to a lingam.




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  Lot 37 of 75  

LIVING TRADITIONS: FOLK & TRIBAL ART
16-17 MARCH 2016

Estimate
Rs 1,75,000 - 2,25,000
$2,655 - 3,410

Winning Bid
Rs 1,86,912
$2,832
(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)










 



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