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TWO FIGURES OF KALI
WEST BENGAL
MID 20
TH
CENTURY
a)
Bronze
7 in (18 cm) high
b)
Bronze
7.5 in (19 cm) high
$ 1,540 ‒ 2,310
Rs 1,00,000 ‒ 1,50,000
(Set of two)
PROVENANCE:
From a Distinguished Family Collection, New Delhi
a b20
MUKHALINGAM
MAHARASHTRA/KARNATAKA
19
TH
‒ 20
TH
CENTURY
Brass
12.5 in (32 cm) high
$ 6,155 ‒ 9,235
Rs 4,00,000 ‒ 6,00,000
NON‒EXPORTABLE
REGISTERED ANTIQUITY
PROVENANC
E:From a Distin
guished FamilyCollection, Ne
w DelhiAmukhalingam is the anthropomorphic formwhich sits upon the lingam
and allows devotees to receive darshan, to see and be seen by Shiva.
For another Mukhalingam with a similar turban, refer to
the exhibition catalogue by Subhashini Aryan, Baij Nath
Aryan and Gianfranco Rossi,
Mukhalinga
, Milan: Gallery
Ethnoarte, 2011, fig. 22 (illustrated)