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268

Indian, Kerala

Relief with Śeṣaśāyī Viṣṇu (Vishnu) – likely part of a gable side of a temple or palace. End of the 19th Century

Wood, carved, painted. 30 × 267 × 5,5 cm (11 ¾ × 105 ⅛ × 2 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Indian, Kerala. Relief with Śeṣaśāyī Viṣṇu (Vishnu) – likely part of a gable side of a temple or palace. End of the 19th Century.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

USD 10,700

 

- 16,000

Sold for:

11,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2017

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.06.2017

Information

Wood, carved, painted. 30 × 267 × 5,5 cm (11 ¾ × 105 ⅛ × 2 ⅛ in.). Consists of two parts. Weathered.

Related literature: Stella Kramrisch: Drāviḍa and Kerala in the Art of Travancore. Ascona, 1961, p. 33–39 / Ratan Parimoo: Sculptures of Śeṣaśāyī Viṣṇu. Survey, Iconological Interpretation, Formal Analysis. Baroda, 1983, ill. 73 / Auction: Indian, Himalayan, South-East Asian Art and Indian Miniatures. New York, Sotheby's, 20.–21. September 1985, cat. no. 518 / George Michell (ed.): Living Wood. Sculptural Traditions of Southern India. Bombay, 1992, p. 103, ill. 7–9.

From the 1970s onwards in the collection of Marc Perc-Peretz (1918-1999), Saarbruecken