Lot 55
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MASQUE DE PROCESSION (MOHRA) DE SHIVA MAHADEVA EN BRONZE
MASQUE DE PROCESSION (MOHRA) DE SHIVA MAHADEVA EN BRONZE

INDE DU NORD, HIMACHAL PRADESH, VALLEE DE KULU, CIRCA XIIEME SIECLE

Details
MASQUE DE PROCESSION (MOHRA) DE SHIVA MAHADEVA EN BRONZE
INDE DU NORD, HIMACHAL PRADESH, VALLEE DE KULU, CIRCA XIIEME SIECLE
Son visage est empreint de sérénité, ses yeux en amande. Le troisième oeil orne son front. Il porte des bijoux et une couronne ouvragée. Ses cheveux sont coiffés en chignon.
Hauteur: 19 cm. (7 ½ in.)
Provenance
American private collection, acquired by the parents of the present owner in the 1960s.
Exhibited
On loan to The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, from 1991 to 2017.
Exhibited in Puja: Personal Devotion in India, 17 March 1996 - 30 June 1997.
Further details
A BRONZE PROCESSIONNAL MASK (MOHRA) OF SHIVA MAHADEVA
NORTH INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, KULU VALLEY, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Images of this type were used in processions during festivals and are typical for Himachal Pradesh; compare with a group of similar mohras (masks) in the Norton Simon Collection, see P. Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, vol. 2, 2003, pp. 51-57.

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