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A PINK SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A CELESTIAL BEAUTY, SURASUNDARI, CENTRAL INDIA, CHANDELA DYNASTY,
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A PINK SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A CELESTIAL BEAUTY, SURASUNDARI, CENTRAL INDIA, CHANDELA DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURYExhibited: Aicon Gallery, New York, Through the Ages: South Asian Sculpture and Painting from Antiquity to Modernism, New York, March 13, 2013 - May 4, 2014. Superbly carved, leaning casually against a pillar, one hand holding a chauri, the effortless beauty of this semi-divine female is highlighted by her sinuous form and leisurely activity. Her facial features are precisely delineated, especially her almond-shaped eyes with pupils, well defined-lids, and arched brows. She is adorned with a beaded head ornament, large ear discs, and a multi-strand necklace that falls between her exaggerated breasts. Her waist belt is festooned with jeweled leg drops connected to rich openwork girdles. Provenance: American Private Collection, acquired circa 1960s, by repute. Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 3 July 1980, lot 87. Collection of John R. Menke (1919-2009), acquired from the above and thence by descent. John R. Menke (1919-2009) was a nuclear physicist and a collector of Asian art for over forty years. Born in New York, Menke received a Bachelor of Science from both the School of Engineering and the School of Physics at Columbia University, New York. He worked in Southeast Asia on the acquisition of uranium and formed much of his collection of Southeast Asian ceramics at that time. Menke was also a close friend of Robert P. Griffing Jr. (1914-1979) who was the Director (1947-1963) of the Honolulu Academy of Arts (now Honolulu Museum of Art). Today, objects from his collection can also be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, obvious losses, scattered nicks and scratches, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, and small chips.Weight: 18 kg (incl. base)Dimensions: Height 65 cm (excl. base), 71 cm (incl. base)Mounted on an associated hardwood base. (2)In Indian art, a surasundari (lit.?'beautiful goddess') is a young maiden characterizing feminine beauty and graceful sensuality. Buddhist and Jain shrines have featured sensual figures in form of yakshis and other spirits since the 2nd century BC. However, the surasundari motif gained prominence in Indian temple architecture only around the beginning of the 9th century AD. Shilpa-Prakasha, a 9th-century Tantric architectural treatise, declares a monument without a surasundari as inferior and fruitless. The 15th century text Kshirarnava states that the surasundaris should be depicted looking down (adho-drishti), not looking at someone. In temple sculptures, the surasundaris are often depicted as attendants of gods and goddesses. They also manifest as dancing apsaras. A salabhanjika or tree nymph is another variation of a surasundari.The Chandela dynasty (c. 831-1203 CE) became a great power in Central and Northern India during the 10th century. Thereafter successive rulers built magnificent temples at Khajuraho and elsewhere in their realm, to commemorate their military victories. As their influence expanded, their exquisite architectural style became admired across much of India, as indeed, it is now around the world. Chandela kings commissioned some of the finest temples in India. The best known of these today are in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, now a village but once the Chandela capital. Other temples, no longer standing, were located throughout their realm.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Bonhams New York, 17 March 2014, lot 78Price: USD 87,500 or approx. EUR 103,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A red sandstone celestial woman (Surasundari), Rajasthan or Central India, circa 11th centuryExpert remark: Comapre the closely related sinuous form and similar modeling, adornment, and expression. Note the size (43.2 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 24 September 2020, lot 704Price: USD 137,500 or approx. EUR 146,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A rare buff sandstone figure of Salabhanjika, Central India, Madhya Pradesh or Uttar Pradesh, 10th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related sinuous form and similar modeling, adornment, and expression. Note the size (83.8 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 21 September 2007, lot 59Price: USD 121,000 or approx. EUR 161,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A red sandstone figure of Devi, India, Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, 10th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related sinuous form and similar modeling, adornment, and expression. Note the size (80.6 cm).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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