Shaivite processional mask · India, Karnataka · ID: 3048318
sold
EUR 400
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
metal (copper alloy), base
Such masks were mounted on wooden shafts and carried during religious processionals and other annual deity fairs. The present mask represents a wrathful aspect of Shiva and was meant to deter evil.
Shaivism (or Shivaism) includes those branches of Hinduism in which Shiva plays the central role as the supreme deity and universal being.
The object Shaivite processional mask with the object ID 3048318 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 4 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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