A copper alloy makara-head palanquin cover. Western India, Karnatak, Mysore. 17th/18th century - image-1
A copper alloy makara-head palanquin cover. Western India, Karnatak, Mysore. 17th/18th century - image-2
A copper alloy makara-head palanquin cover. Western India, Karnatak, Mysore. 17th/18th century - image-1A copper alloy makara-head palanquin cover. Western India, Karnatak, Mysore. 17th/18th century - image-2

Lot 11 Dα

A copper alloy makara-head palanquin cover. Western India, Karnatak, Mysore. 17th/18th century

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 900 € - 1.200 €

A copper alloy makara-head palanquin cover. Western India, Karnatak, Mysore. 17th/18th century

The cylindrical body ends in a typical makara head with an elephantine trunk and ornamental bosses between the ears.
Length 38.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, The Netherlands, acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 6./7.6.2003, lot 71

Literature

Cf. Leo S. Figiel, M.D., Ritual Bronzes of Maharashtra and Karnataka, 2007, p. 159, fig. 17-171