Head of Bhairava, 18th century · India - Maharashtra / Karnataka · ID: 3050850
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Hans Kaufmann, Vienna, AustriaZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3 March 2012, Lot 15
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
brass, rest., base
Bhairava is a wrathful aspect of the god Shiva and the face impressively reflects this aspect of the god. The large mouth is open, the teeth and the large fangs bared. The mark on the forehead symbolises the third eye.
The head was probably placed on a staff during processions or in the sanctuary of a temple, as indicated by the slender neck of the mask.
Comparing literature
Mallebrein, Cornelia, Die Anderen Götter, Köln 1993, p. 304, ill. 229