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STATUE DE DIVINITÉ FÉMININE EN GRÈS ROUGE Inde du Nord, Rajasthan, vers XIe siècle
25 – 27 October 2022, 10:30 CEST
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €35,655 inc. premium
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STATUE DE DIVINITÉ FÉMININE EN GRÈS ROUGE
Inde du Nord, Rajasthan, vers XIe siècle
A RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A FEMALE DEITY
North India, Rajasthan, circa 11th century
Adorned with a detailed necklace with heavy pendants in the centre a long single cord ending in a pearl pendant that falls between her prominent breasts. A second five-row necklace of pearls with shaped medallions passes over her breasts and across her stomach. Her lower diaphanous garment is defined by the presence of small wave-like motifs on her upper thighs, mostly obscured by the elaborate belt and beaded swags and bells that fall in arches over her thighs. Her straight legs are interrupted by a fragment of a flower garland that passes across her shins and her feet stand on a lotus-shaped pedestal. 95cm (37 3/8in) high.
A RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A FEMALE DEITY
North India, Rajasthan, circa 11th century
Adorned with a detailed necklace with heavy pendants in the centre a long single cord ending in a pearl pendant that falls between her prominent breasts. A second five-row necklace of pearls with shaped medallions passes over her breasts and across her stomach. Her lower diaphanous garment is defined by the presence of small wave-like motifs on her upper thighs, mostly obscured by the elaborate belt and beaded swags and bells that fall in arches over her thighs. Her straight legs are interrupted by a fragment of a flower garland that passes across her shins and her feet stand on a lotus-shaped pedestal. 95cm (37 3/8in) high.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Willy H. Wolf, New York
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired from the above on 25 January 1962
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Referenced:
Wm H. Wolff, Far Eastern Gallery, New York, in Oriental Art, Winter 1961, p.10
Far from the classic contrapposto position of female deities of the Indian medieval period, this hieratic representation engages the adorant with a surprising frontality.
Compare with a related more conventional figure of a Surasundari published by P.Pal, Indo-Asian Art from The John Gilmore Ford Collection, Baltimore, 1971, pl.10, and later sold at Bonhams New York, 17 March 2014, lot 78.
Loin de la position classique de contrapposto des divinités féminines de la période médiévale indienne, cette représentation hiératique présente l'adorateur à une frontalité surprenante.
Comparer avec une statue plus conventionnelle d'une Surasundari par P.Pal, Indo-Asian Art from The John Gilmore Ford Collection, Baltimore, 1971, pl.10 et vendue à Bonhams New York, 17 mars 2014, lot 78.
印度北 拉賈斯坦邦 約十一世紀 紅砂岩女神立像
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏， 於1962年1月25日得自紐約Willy H. Wolff
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
引用：
Wm H. Wolff，遠東藝廊，紐約，《Oriental Art》，1961年冬，頁10
與印度中世紀時期女神像的經典對立式平衡姿態大相逕庭，此尊符合宗教準則的神像以驚人的正面姿態吸引着朝拜者。
見一例更見常規的蘇拉孫達里像，圖載於P.Pal，《Indo-Asian Art from the John Gilmore Ford Collection》，巴爾的摩，1971年，圖版10，並售於紐約邦瀚斯， 2014年3月17日，編號78。