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A SANDSTONE STELE OF NARASIMHA KILLING HIRANYAKASHIPU
奥地利 北京时间
2022年03月11日 开拍
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A SANDSTONE STELE OF NARASIMHA KILLING HIRANYAKASHIPU
Central India, 10th-11th century. Well carved with the lion-headed form of Vishnu, one foot supported by small figures below, his main hands disemboweling Hiranyakashipu, the others raised above his head holding his attributes, the club and the wheel, wearing a necklace and armlets as well as a headdress.

Provenance: A private estate in New York, USA. Anthony M. Lee, Toronto, acquired from the above. The stand with an old Christie’s label. Over the past 40 years Anthony M. Lee has been an art consultant, gallery owner, and collector. He developed Asian art departments for several auction houses and has worked with almost every major museum collection of Asian art in North America. He is the author of two books on Zen Buddhism and one on the Japanese tea ceremony.
Condition:
Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, signs of weathering and erosion, few structural cracks, small nicks here and there.

Weight: 9.4 kg (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 45.2 cm (excl. stand) and 50.5 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted to an associated metal stand. (2)

As recounted in the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu appears in half-man, half-lion form in order to subdue the adharmic king Hiranyakashipu and to restore the balance of creation. His particular form was required in order to exploit a loophole in a boon that Hiranyakashipu was granted. Hiranyakishupu was invulnerable to any living or nonliving thing created by Brahma, by any demigod, demon, human, or animal, and could neither be killed by hand or by weapon, indoors or outdoors, on the ground or in the sky, or during the day or at night. Therefore Vishnu appeared at dusk in composite form, balanced Hiranyakashipu on his leg at the palace threshold, and disemboweled him with his claws.

Literature comparison: Compare a closely related stone stele depicting Narasimha killing Hiranyakashipu, dated 12th-13th century, in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number 1997.4. Compare a sandstone stele depicting Narasimha killing Hiranyakashipu, dated c. 4th century, in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number 1987-18-1.

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