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SHIVA
KERALA, 15
TH
‒ 16
TH
CENTURY
Bronze
Height: 9 in (22.9 cm)
$ 10,815 ‒ 16,220
Rs 8,00,000 ‒ 12,00,000
NON‒EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY
This lot is offered at NO RESERVE
PROVENANCE
Private Collection Mumbai
Saffronart, Mumbai, 14 December 2015, lot 69
Shiva is one of the gods of the Trinity, who is known
primarily as the destroyer, but he also blesses and
protects his devotees. He is shown standing erect
and with four arms (Chandrashekhara). His right
hand is raised in the
abhaya
mudra in a gesture of
reassurance and protection. His rear arms would
have held his attributes. His hair is tied into a
jatamukuta
. He has a third eye—a prominent feature
in the iconography of Shiva sculptures—between
his eyebrows. The size of this sculpture makes it a
rare and unique work from Kerala.
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