SOUTH INDIA, TAMILNADU, PALLAVA PERIOD, 8TH/9TH CENTURY

細節

A rare granite figure of a deity with a flywhisk
South India, Tamilnadu, Pallava period, 8th/9th century
Powerfully carved with gently rounded features with his left hand resting on his hip and bearing a flywhisk raised to his shoulder, wearing a short dhoti secured with a sash at the waist, the 'magic thread' draped across his left shoulder, the ovoid face surmounted by a conical headdress
62 in. (157.5 cm.) high

來源

Hubertus Elsterman Collection, Hamburg, acquired before 1958

拍品專文

This sculpture is remarkable for its graceful elongated forms characteristic for Pallava stone sculpture. The sculptor has focussed on the overall form and balance of shapes; the position with left hand at the hip carries on into early Chola period sculpture, compare with the sculptures of Kumbakonam, see V. Dehejia, Art of the Imperial Cholas, 1990, figs. 10 and 12.