13th Nov, 2024 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art
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A RITUAL BRONZE FEMALE BREASPLATE, KERALA OR COASTAL KARNATAKA, INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
the prominent breasts each with a cobra resting on top, with protruding belly, multiple beaded necklaces and crescent-shaped pendant, old inventory number painted on the reverse, 42 x 35 x 13cm
Provenance: From the collection of the late Roy Elvis (1944 – 2022)
This type of breastplate was worn by male Theyyam dancers during religious ceremonies as they impersonated various goddesses. For a similar breastplate from the collection of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, sold at Christie's New York, see The Scholar's Vision: The Pal Family Collection, 20 March 2008, lot 370. For another of later date in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see inv. no. 2022.2.
Sold for £2,000
the prominent breasts each with a cobra resting on top, with protruding belly, multiple beaded necklaces and crescent-shaped pendant, old inventory number painted on the reverse, 42 x 35 x 13cm
Provenance: From the collection of the late Roy Elvis (1944 – 2022)
This type of breastplate was worn by male Theyyam dancers during religious ceremonies as they impersonated various goddesses. For a similar breastplate from the collection of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, sold at Christie's New York, see The Scholar's Vision: The Pal Family Collection, 20 March 2008, lot 370. For another of later date in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see inv. no. 2022.2.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, 13th Nov, 2024
The auction includes a selection of Islamic tiles and early pottery and a wide range of bronze images and early Indian stone sculptures, paintings and textiles from India and South-East Asia. Highlights include an interesting group of early Thai bronze images of Buddha, an important Kashan ’silhouette ware’ turquoise pottery ewer, and a spectacular pair of silver bottles in the so called ‘coriander pattern’ from Lucknow. There is also an important group of Islamic manuscripts.
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