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AN IMPORTANT BUFF SANDSTONE FIGURE OF SHIVA VINADHARA, LATER GUPTA
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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AN IMPORTANT BUFF SANDSTONE FIGURE OF SHIVA VINADHARA, LATER GUPTA

India, Madhya Pradesh, 7th-8th century. Powerfully carved seated in ardhaparyankasana, playing the vina, dressed in a short pleated dhoti tied around the waist with a knotted rope, adorned in beaded jewelry and a mundamala, his serene face with almond-shaped eyes, elegantly arched brows, and full lips forming a gentle smile, the jatamukuta elegantly tied to the top with a few stray locks falling down the shoulder.

Provenance: A private collection in the USA. Collection of Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, acquired from above. Leonardo Vigorelli is a retired Italian art dealer and noted collector, specializing in African and ancient Hindu-Buddhist art. After studying anthropology and decades of travel as well as extensive field research in India, the Himalayan region, Southeast Asia, and Africa, he founded the Dalton Somaré art gallery in Milan, Italy, which today is being run by his two sons.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, losses, nicks, scratches, minor signs of weathering and erosion. The sandstone with a smooth, naturally grown patina.
Italian Export License: Attestato di libera circolazione, dated 26 February 2010, has been granted by the Ufficio Esportazione di Milano, Ministero per i Beni a le Attività Culturali. A copy accompanies this lot.

Dimensions: Height 112 cm (excl. stand), 114 cm (incl. stand)

With an associated wood stand. (2)

The figure's elegantly swaying pose captures the spirit of Shiva Vinadhara, who is revered as the essence of sound and the deity who brought music to the world.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related buff sandstone bust of Shiva with similar jatamukuta hairstyle, 30.5 cm high, dated to the 8th century, Madhya Pradesh, from the Nasli M. and Alice N. Heeramaneck Collection, illustrated in Masterpieces of Indian Sculpture from the former collections of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, Verona, 1979, fig. 54, and Stella Kramrisch, Manifestations of Shiva, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981, p. 16, fig. 15, and later sold at Sotheby’s New York, 19 September 2008, lot 276. Compare a related sandstone figure of Shiva Vinadhara, 80.6 cm high, dated c. 750-800, in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number 1967-161-1.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 21 September 2007, lot 55
Price: USD 241,000 or approx. EUR 329,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A buff sandstone figure of a Mother Goddess, India, Madhya Pradesh of Rajasthan, Gupta period, 6th/7th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and manner of carving with similar features and expression. Note the size (73 cm).

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