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THREE SAIVITE PAINTED WOODEN POSTS, POSSIBLY BENGAL, INDIA
Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
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Description
- 82 1/2 inches
Each of similar form, the tall narrow beams carved and painted with a highly stylised priestly figure beneath a shrine enclosing Nandi and a Lingam, the finial with a three-pointed spear
Catalogue Note
These votive objects exhibit the emblems of Saivite Hinduism, including his attribute, the trident, his vehicle, the bull Nandi, and the god's typical form of depiction in a temple, the Sivalingam.