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TÊTE DE BRAHMA EN GRÈS Inde centrale, VIIIe/IXe siècle
10 December 2024, 10:30 CET
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €23,040 inc. premium
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TÊTE DE BRAHMA EN GRÈS
Inde centrale, VIIIe/IXe siècle
A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BRAHMA
Central India, 8th/9th century
43 x 38 x 30 cm (17 x 15 x 11 3/4 in)
Plinth: 138 x 27 x 27 cm (54 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in)
A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BRAHMA
Central India, 8th/9th century
43 x 38 x 30 cm (17 x 15 x 11 3/4 in)
Plinth: 138 x 27 x 27 cm (54 3/8 x 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 in)
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印度中部 八/九世紀 砂岩梵天首
Provenance:
Christian Humann (1929-1981), New York, Pan-Asian collection, by 1977.
Carlton Rochell, New York, 2005.
Published:
Pratapaditya Pal, Sensuous Immortals, Los Angeles, 1977, p.67, no.36.
Divine Incarnations: Art from India and Southeast Asia, Carlton Rochell Ltd., New York, 2005, no. 11.
來源
Christian Humann，紐約，泛亞洲收藏，1977年入藏
Carlton Rochell，紐約，2005年
出版
Pratapaditya Pal，《Sensuous Immortals》，洛杉磯，1977年，頁67，編號36
《Divine Incarnations：Art from India and Southeast Asia》，Carlton Rochell Ltd.，紐約，2005年，編號11
This sandstone head represents Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. His four heads symbolize the Vedas, four of the oldest scriptures considered to be composed of sacred knowledge. Each head is represented with matted hair held in place with a floral clasp. A lotus situated in a square frame joins the heads along the top.
Sculptures of the post-Gupta period of the 8th/9th century show a continuity of Gupta art (4th-6th centuries). Each face is modeled with sweeping eyebrows, elongated eyes and full lips, emblematic of the simplicity and roundedness of Mathuran styles in Uttar Pradesh. The facial type and thickly matted hair correspond to an Uma-Maheshvara of the same period in the Museum Rietberg (Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Indische Skulpturen, 1964, p. 43 no. 8).