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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA VINADHARA, THE LORD OF MUSIC, 19TH - FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA VINADHARA, THE LORD OF MUSIC, 19TH - FIRST HALF OF 20TH CENTURYSouth India. Shiva is portrayed here entrancing the viewer with the divine music of his vina and swaying in graceful movement as he plays. Massively cast and sensitively modeled standing in a tribhanga atop a flat rectangular base, his principal hands poised to play the vina and the upper ones holding the leaping antelope (mrga) and battle-axe (parasu), which refer to the god's role as protector, particularly of the animal kingdom.The deity is dressed in a finely pleated short veshti secured by a series of belts with a large central lion-head clasp and adorned with beaded foliate jewelry. The serene face with a benevolent expression with gentle smile and elongated eyes, flanked by ears with pendulous lobes, the hair arranged in a tall jatamukuta.Provenance: From a private collection in France, thence by descent. The previous owners were collectors of Indian sculpture and Asian works of art, which they acquired during numerous trips to India between the 1970s and 1990s. Condition: Very good condition with old wear and expected casting irregularities. Few nicks and dents, light surface scratches, some rubbing, few fissures and natural fatigue cracks, encrustations, small fills, and areas of verdigris.Weight: 59.1 kgDimensions: Height 96 cmShiva Vinadhara Dakshinamurti is one of four types of Dakshinamurtis, or supreme teachers of ultimate awareness, understanding, and knowledge. Dakshinamurti literally means 'one who faces south', the direction associated with change, transformation, and renewal. In the aspect of Vinadhara, the player of the vina, Shiva expounds on the timeless principles of vocal and instrumental music, which is known to lead to liberation (moksha) without strain. In Indian philosophy music is comparable to yogic practice in that both involve the control of breath, mental absorption, and the ultimate release from all obsessions of the mind.The representation of Vinadhara bears close resemblance to that of Tripuravijaya, the vanquisher of the triple-city of demons, based on the iconographic convergence between the two forms. The legend of Tripuravijaya recounts that Shiva at one time granted three cities made of gold, silver, and iron, and situated in the heavens, the air, and on earth, to some powerful demons. Over a period of one thousand years these demon cities became so powerful and wreaked such havoc that the gods, concerned for the safety of the universe, appealed to Shiva for assistance. Shiva raised his bow, and using a snake as his bowstring, he reduced the three cities to ashes with a single flaming arrow. In both Shiva as Vinadhara and as Tripuravijaya, the principal hands are positioned in such a fashion that his left hand could be holding a bow or the neck of the vina, and his right could be holding an arrow or plucking the instrument's strings. His upper hands hold a battleaxe and antelope, as in the present example, or occasionally a trident.The close visual parallel between Tripuravijaya and Vinadhara reveals the god's dual aspects of powerful warrior and beneficent yogi. The subtle divergence in appearance between these two manifestations of Shiva provides continued material for scholarly discussion. In the exhibition catalogue The Sensuous and the Sacred (2002), Vidya Dehejia and R. Nagaswamy re-identify two examples of this iconographic type, one from the Cleveland Museum of Art and the other from the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth (p. 106-111, cat. nos. 5 and 6), as Shiva Tripuravijaya. Literature comparison: Compare a related Indian bronze figure of Parvati, 80 cm high, dated “presumably 18th century”, in the Calvet Museum, Avignon. Compare a related, slightly earlier Indian bronze figure of Parvati, dated 17th-18th century, in the Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món, Barcelona.Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Zacke, Vienna, 10 April 2025, lot 212Price: EUR 44,200: A large (152 cm) and massive bronze temple figure of Parvati, South India, 19th-first half of 20th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related modeling, posture, and adornments. Note the much larger size (152 cm).Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 17 March 2021, lot 431Price: USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 26,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A large bronze figure of Shiva, South India, Tamil Nadu, Nayaka period, 17th-18th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related modeling, posture, and adornments. Note the much smaller size (40.5 cm) and earlier dating.

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