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Lot 6
STATUETTE DE DIVINITÉ FÉMININE DEBOUT EN TERRE CUITE Inde, Période Maurya-Sunga, IIe-Ier siècle avant J.C.
12 December 2025, 11:00 CET
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STATUETTE DE DIVINITÉ FÉMININE DEBOUT EN TERRE CUITE
Inde, Période Maurya-Sunga, IIe-Ier siècle avant J.C.
A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A STANDING FEMALE DEITY
India, 2nd-1st century B.C., Maurya-Sunga period
23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.) high
A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A STANDING FEMALE DEITY
India, 2nd-1st century B.C., Maurya-Sunga period
23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.) high
Footnotes
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 381r52, dated 19 August 1985, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
The figurine is distinguished by a very elaborate headdress composed of rosettes. Both her face and the rosettes are cast in moulds, conveying a vitality and naturalism that distinguish the work. Her hourglass figure is richly adorned, including an intricately rendered necklace, a girdle, and an impressive pair of large, heavy earrings, all carefully fashioned from handmade coils. Likely produced for personal devotion, the figurine's modest scale and portability would have allowed for the presence of the divine into domestic or private ritual contexts. Similar figures from the same period are preserved in major collections, see the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (27.135), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1978.539) and the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris (MA3322).
Provenance
Christie's, London, 5 July 1985, lot 349
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above;
Thence by descent.
印度 公元前二至一世紀 陶塑女神像
來源
佳士得，倫敦，1985年7月5日，拍品編號349
比利時私人收藏，購於上者
後由家族傳承