SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Ayudha-Purusha
South India, Chola period, 10th century
Standing in samapada on a circular lotus base over a waisted square plinth with prongs on either side, his principal hands in abhaya- and varadamudras and his upper hands holding a noose and elephant goad, wearing a short dhoti secured by a multi-stranded belt with festoons and sashes trailing down his sides, his face with a benign expression with almond-shaped eyes, straight aquiline nose, the hair piled into a high headdress with coiled tresses flowing down his back
22¾ in. (57.8 cm.) high
South India, Chola period, 10th century
Standing in samapada on a circular lotus base over a waisted square plinth with prongs on either side, his principal hands in abhaya- and varadamudras and his upper hands holding a noose and elephant goad, wearing a short dhoti secured by a multi-stranded belt with festoons and sashes trailing down his sides, his face with a benign expression with almond-shaped eyes, straight aquiline nose, the hair piled into a high headdress with coiled tresses flowing down his back
22¾ in. (57.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. J.R. Belmont Collection, Basel, before 1966 (no. 649)
Sotheby's London, 27 February 1967, lot 128
Sotheby's London, 27 February 1967, lot 128
Literature
H. Hartel, Indische Kunst, 1966, cat. no. 105
Exhibited
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Stuttgart and Württembergischer, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Indische Kunst, January-July 1966;
Hofstra University, New York, November 1969
Hofstra University, New York, November 1969
Brought to you by
Anita Mehta
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