A silver lingam casket. Southern India, Karnataka - image-1

Lot 516 Dα

A silver lingam casket. Southern India, Karnataka

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
08.06.2019, 11:30 - India/South East Asia, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 550 € - 700 €

A silver lingam casket. Southern India, Karnataka

Of square (chauka) shape, the projections symbolising stylised bull's horns, the thin silver braided chain is attached within the lateral rectangular containers. Weight 187 g.
Height 6.8 cm; width 9.7 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Northern Germany, acquired in New Delhi in 1980

Literature

Compare a very similar casket, illustrated. in: Oppi Untracht, Traditional Jewelry of India, New York/London 1997, fig. 237