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A GROUP OF THREE GOLD REPOUSSÉ AND GEMSTONE-SET ‘GARUDA’ CROWN ORNAMENTS
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A GROUP OF THREE GOLD REPOUSSé AND GEMSTONE-SET ‘GARUDA’ CROWN ORNAMENTS

Vietnam, ancient kingdoms of Cham, 8th-9th century. Each shaped as a petal and finely embossed, chased, and incised to depict a front-facing Garuda with wings spread amid scrolling clouds, grasping a helpless naga in each hand, accentuated with inlays of ruby and other gemstones. Each with small straps for mounting to the reverse. (3)

Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. An important private collection, acquired from the above. Each plaque with collector’s numbers ‘2’, ‘4’, and ‘5’. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, minor dents, tiny losses, small tears, tiny nicks, light scratches, encrustations, some of the inlays possibly replaced.

Weight: 75.5 g
Dimensions: Height 9-10 cm

Petal-shaped ornaments like the present lot were fastened in multi-layered circles to crowns that coated the deity’s head with a golden glow. The most frequent motif depicted on the petals is Garuda, the divine sunbird of Hindu mythology. The petals were fixed to the truss with chords threaded through little straps on the back of the petals.

Garuda is a half-bird, half-human creature that appears in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The mythological account of Garuda’s birth in the Mahabharata identifies him as the younger brother of Aruna, the charioteer of the sun god, Surya. Garuda’s mother, Vinata, mother of the birds, was tricked into becoming the slave of her sister and co-wife, Kadru, mother of the nagas. The lasting enmity between the birds, particularly Garuda, and the serpents is attributed to this. The nagas agreed to release Vinata if Garuda could obtain for them a drink of the elixir of immortality, the amrita or soma. Garuda performed the feat, thus giving the snakes the ability to slough off their old skins. On his return, Garuda met Vishnu and agreed to serve him as his vehicle.

Literature comparison: Compare with a highly important complete crown of Champa, dating from the 7th to the 8th century, on display in the Museum of Vietnamese History, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, formerly known as The National Museum of Vietnam in Saigon.

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