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Registered Antiquity – Non-ExportableBRONZES FROM THE BHEDWAR COLLECTIONMr. Sohrab K. Bhedwar, was the renowned Architect of Bombay credited with havingbuilt one of downtown Mumbai’s most recognised Art Deco buildings, the iconic Eros Cinema.A Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA), he was also a visionary who puttogether one of India’s leading 20th century collections of Classical Indian Art. Over a threedecade period he astutely assembled a museum worthy collection that included uniqueexamples from India’s most important early art historical periods. Considered at par with theleading national and international museums of its time the collection spanned several hundredobjects including some of the most exquisite South Indian bronzes, Nepalese copper imagesand Tibetan sculptures as well as sculpture from Gujarat, Rajasthan and the Deccan. In fact,the Bhedwar collection is reputed to have held one of the fnest groups of wooden sculpturefrom Gujarat and rare Chola Bronzes from South India. Of particular note is a Chandrashekharathat was acknowledged to be the largest known South Indian bronze in any private collectionat the time. Most of the South Indian bronzes were acquired by Mr. Bhedwar from Mr. SrinivasGopalachari of Madras (now Chennai), himself a well- known authority on Chola sculpture.Highly acclaimed for their aesthetic beauty, the sculptures were also prized for their signifcanticonographic value and were regularly featured in some of the leading academic journals andmagazines such as the Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art and Marg. Some exceptionalpieces displayed at the Asia Society, New York from the John D. Rockefeller Collection aretestimony to the fact that leading international collectors such as John D. Rockefeller III activelysought particular pieces from Mr. Bhedwar for their own noteworthy collections.The bronze and copper sculptures in this sale (lots 66-71) once belonged to this esteemedcollection.

A Bronze Shrine of a jina

INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR GUJARAT, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

Details

A Bronze Shrine of a jina
INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR GUJARAT, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
The open work shrine with three jinas standing with two diminutive jinas between them, surrounded by the other seated jinas, the base with diminutive donor figures on each corner, with inscription on verso
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.), high

Provenance

Collection of S.K. Bhedwar
Acquired by the present owner by 1980
Thence by direct descent

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Lots which are Art Treasures under the Art and Antiquities Act 1972 cannot be exported outside India. Please note that lots are marked as a convenience to you and we shall not be liable for any errors in, or failure to, mark any lot.

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