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A COPPER CEREMONIAL SHIELD WITH SILVER REPOUSSÉ PLAQUE DEPICTING VIRABHADRA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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09月10日 下午5点 开拍 / 09月08日 下午3点 截止委托
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A COPPER CEREMONIAL SHIELD WITH SILVER REPOUSSé PLAQUE DEPICTING VIRABHADRA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Karnataka. Finely worked in relief, the deity is depicted standing in tribhanga on a flat base, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, with additional attributes in his further raised arms. He is flanked by two attendants and framed by lobed decorative bands embellished with floral motifs. The figure of Virabhadra is richly adorned with ornate jewelry and wears a tall, conical headdress.

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Labels: Galerie Hardt, inscribed ‘Virabhadra Silver back Copper Karnataka 19. Jh.’, priced at EUR 3,750.
Condition:Very good condition with minor wear, traces of use, and manufacturing irregularities. Few minute dents and tiny nicks, expected rubbing and minor tarnish.

Weight: 667 g
Dimensions: Height 18 cm

Virabhadra, an incarnation of Shiva, created after Shiva’s wife Sati, was not invited to a great sacrifice given by her father Daksha. Being greatly humiliated, Sati went to the banquet and threw herself on the sacrificial fire. When Shiva heard of his wife’s death, he tore a hair from his head and threw it to the ground. Virabhadra, a great hero-warrior, arose from this hair. He cut off Daksha’s head in his rage and hurled it into the sacrificial fire. After the other gods calmed Shiva down, Daksha’s head was replaced by that of a ram and he later became a devotee of Shiva.

The cult of Virabhadra largely followed the spread of the Vijayanagar empire, which covered the Deccan plateau and much of the southern tip of India. This militarized version of Shiva became popular probably in the face of the threat that the Hindu states of the south felt from the incursions of the Islamic sultanates. In this way, Virabhadra the warrior was seen as a protector of Hinduism. The deity’s most popular period was the period of the 16th-19th centuries. The cult largely subsided by the early 20th century.

The handle on the back allows the temple priest to hold the plaque during ceremonies, making it turn clockwise and bringing it near the devotees so that it could touch them as if to absorb the god’s radiating power through physical contact. Many plaques are worn down by centuries of ritual manipulation, for the images of the gods are daily washed, sprinkled with special substances, dressed or covered in flowers.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related silver plaque dated to the 19th century, 15.3 cm high, in the National Heritage Board, accession number 1996-01734.

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