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THB10th C. Indian Stone Statue Saraswati Playing Lute
Lot 81
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring antiquities, ancient and works of art ranging from the third millennium BCE to the present from China, Japan, South and Southeast Asia, and Korea. Including jades, bronzes, lacquer, textiles, paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, and other art forms in other media. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
South Asia, India, Gujarat, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A finely carved stone statue of a female figure playing a string instrument, probably the Hindu goddess Saraswati who is traditionally depicted playing or holding a string instrument known as a Saraswati veena (also Sarasvati vina or Saraswati vina) - a South Indian member of the lute family. The voluptuous goddess stands with her hips swaying as her weight shifts, her fingers pluck the strings of the instrument, and her beautiful visage peers out with large almond-shaped eyes, thick curved brows, a naturalistic nose, a tilaka (dot) on the forehead, and a smiling mouth - all topped by a fancy coiffure. The goddess is also lavishly bedecked with sizeable earrings, beaded strands adorning her forehead/coiffure as well as her neck and falling between her breasts, armbands, bracelets, an elaborate bejeweled belt, and flowing leg coverings. Size: 5.5" L x 9.375" W x 26.5" H (14 cm x 23.8 cm x 67.3 cm); 27.875" H (70.8 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Micklautz collection, Hawaii, USA, collected from 1940-1998
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#162873Chips/losses to peripheries of lute, coiffure, earrings, nose, mandorla, and other high pointed areas as shown. Stable crack at lower end of beaded strand near lower end of right proper leg. Normal surface wear with some abraded areas commensurate with age. Scattered deposits and traces of white pigment grace the surface.Condition
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