Kṛṣṇa in kosmischer Gestalt und Viṣṇu auf der Weltenschlange - photo 1
Kṛṣṇa in kosmischer Gestalt und Viṣṇu auf der Weltenschlange - photo 2
Kṛṣṇa in kosmischer Gestalt und Viṣṇu auf der Weltenschlange - photo 3
Kṛṣṇa in kosmischer Gestalt und Viṣṇu auf der Weltenschlange - photo 4

Kṛṣṇa in kosmischer Gestalt und Viṣṇu auf der Weltenschlange

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Lot 1876 | Kṛṣṇa in kosmischer Gestalt und Viṣṇu auf der Weltenschlange
Kṛṣṇa in cosmic form and Viṣṇu on the world serpent - India, Rajasthan, ca. 19th c. - The Hindu god Kṛṣṇa, an emanation of the god Viṣṇu, is depicted here in his universal or cosmic form (Sanskrit: viśvarūpa). The figure of the god, especially the design of the face and headdress, seems to be modelled on the Nāthji representations found especially in Nathdwara painting. Kṛṣṇa stands in a flaming aureole and holds various attributes in his sixteen arms, some of which can be attributed to Viṣṇuite iconography (e.g. a lotus blossom and a snail horn highlighted in colour). II: The painting shows the Hindu god Viṣṇu four-armed and standing on the world serpent Śeṣa. He holds the usual hand attributes of lotus flower (Sanskrit: padma), mace (Sanskrit: daṇḍa), snail horn (Sanskrit: śaṅkha) and throwing wheel (Sanskrit: cakra). Below the snake, the turtle (Sanskrit: kūrma), on whose shell the world rests according to Hindu tradition, is depicted in miniature. Instead of standing in the ocean, Viṣṇu stands in a lotus pond; this refers to the iconography of the god Kṛṣṇa, to whose proximity Viṣṇu is thus figuratively moved. - From an important private collection in northern Germany, collected mainly in India from the early 1950s until the 1980s - Minor wear and damages due to age
35,5x25,5 und 31 x 22 cm
Der hinduistische Gott Kṛṣṇa, eine Emanation des Gottes Viṣṇu, wird hier in seiner universalen oder kosmischen Gestalt (Sanskrit: viśvarūpa) abgebildet. Die Gestalt des Gottes, insbesondere die Gestaltung von Gesicht und Kopfschmuck, scheint angelehnt an die Nāthji-Darstellungen, wie sie vor allem in der Nathdwara-Malerei vorkommen. Kṛṣṇa steht in einer Flammenaureole und hält in seinen sechzehn Armen unterschiedliche Attribute, die teilweise der viṣṇuitischen Ikonographie zugeordnet werden können (so z.B. farbig hervorgehoben eine Lotusblüte und ein Schneckenhorn).II: Die Malerei zeigt den hinduistischen Gott Viṣṇu vierarmig und stehend auf der Weltenschlange Śeṣa. Er hält die üblichen Handattribute Lotusblüte (Sanskrit: padma), Keule (Sanskrit: daṇḍa), Schneckenhorn (Sanskrit: śaṅkha) und Wurfrad (Sanskrit: cakra). Unterhalb der Schlange ist verkleinert die Schildkröte (Sanskrit: kūrma) abgebildet, auf deren Panzer der hinduistischen Überlieferung zufolge die Welt ruht. Anstatt im Ozean steht Viṣṇu in einem Lotusteich; dies verweist auf die Ikonographie des Gottes Kṛṣṇa, in dessen Nähe Viṣṇu damit bildlich gerückt wird.
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