A Carved Wood Headpiece of Kali with Cobras
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A Carved Wood Headpiece of Kali with Cobras

INDIA, KERALA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY

细节
A Carved Wood Headpiece of Kali with Cobras
India, Kerala, circa 14th Century
Carved in relief with a large rounded face in a fierce expression with bulging eyes and furled teeth, flanked by elephant and lion earrings and interwined swirling cobras
56¾ in. (144 cm.) wide
来源
Collection of Prince and Princess Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld
出版
S. Cary Welch, India. Art and Culture, 1985, p. 37, cat. no. 9.
A. Headington, 'Private World of a Prince: Oriental flair in a Paris apartment,' Connoisseur, July 1988, p. 55, illustrated.
展览
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, India. Art and Culture, 1985, cat. no. 9.

拍品专文

Of exceptionally fine execution, large woodcarvings of this type would have been used as personification of the goddess Kali during a ritual performance; compare with the headpiece at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in P. Pal, Indian Sculpture, vol. 2, 1988, p. 300, cat. no. 165.