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Feine und große Bronze der Vaishnavi

Lot 297
12.06.2023 09:30UTC +01:00
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€ 30 000
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Lot 297 | Feine und große Bronze der Vaishnavi
Estimate value
€ 30 000 – 50 000
A FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF VAISHNAVI - South India, Vijayanagar, 16./ 17. Jh. - The Goddess of Mother Earth standing on a round lotus base attached to a square base with geometrical pattern. She has four arms, two are holding the discus wheel and the conch shell, while the other two are showing the abhaya and varada mudra. Dressed in a long striped dhoti with festooned waistbelt and armlets, bracelets and necklaces adorn her body. Her ears are adorned with circular earrings, a high conical headdress. 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. Weight: 20,46 kg - According to the owners, acquired in 1961 from the Zanesville Museum of Art, OH USA at Carlebach Gallery , New York, from the collection auctioned on 24.3. 2014 at Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio and in 2015 at Gatsby and Brunson Gallery Auction NY - German private collection
H. 63 cm
Darstellung der 'Mutter Erde' auf einem runden Lotussockel stehend, der auf einem quadratischen Sockel mit geometrischem Muster befestigt ist. Sie hat vier Arme, von denen zwei das Diskusrad und die Muschelschale halten, während die anderen beiden die Abhaya- und Varada-Mudra zeigen. Bekleidet ist sie mit einem langen gestreiften Dhoti mit festlich geschmücktem Taillengürtel und Armreifen, Armbänder und Halsketten schmücken ihren Körper. Ihre Ohren sind mit runden Ohrringen und einem hohen konischen Kopfschmuck geschmückt. Vaishnavi ist eine der Matrikas, also Muttergöttinnen, die im Hinduismus eine zentrale Rolle spielen, und wird oft zusammen mit Varahi, Indrani und Chamunda abgebildet. Sie gilt als die Shakti, die weibliche Erscheinungsform des Gottes Vishnu. Gewicht 20,46 kg.
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