Uttar Pradesh

Head of a Buddha, India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura), late Gupta period, late 5th–early 6th century. Red sandstone. H. 25.4 cm, W. 14.3 cm, D. 16.5 cm. On base: H. 37.5 cm. Gift of Doris Rubin, in memory of Harry Rubin, 1989, 1989.236.1. © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This head from a nearly lifesize figure of the Buddha reflects the late Gupta artistic idiom. In an effort to represent the Buddha’s enlightenment and his inward-looking meditative nature, the artist abstracted and idealized his physical features,... [Lire la suite]

Installation view: No god but God: The art of Islam, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2019; photo: Saul Steed. ADELAIDE.- From 24 August 2019, the Art Gallery of South Australia will present its largest and most expansive collection display of Islamic art to date. Spanning the past twelve centuries and including pivotal works from across the globe, No god but God: The art of Islam dissects the intimate connection between faith and art in Islam across the ages. Presented as part of the Adelaide Festival... [Lire la suite]

Torso of Buddha, Gupta period, 5th-6th century, Northern India, Uttar Pradesh, possibly the Sarnath region. Sandstone. H 75 cm. © Grusenmeyer-Woliner at BRAFA 2019, Stand 97d.  Provenance: Zen Oriental Art Gallery, Brussels; private collection, March 2000.  Mummy mask, Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 305-30 BC. Polychrome and gilt cartonnage. H 44 cm. © Grusenmeyer-Woliner at BRAFA 2019, Stand 97d.   Provenance: private collection, January 1998. Literature: S.... [Lire la suite]

Gold Enamelled Bajuband, North India, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, late 18th century. Gold & diamonds. Width 9 cm (3.54 in.) Weight 49 gr. van Gelder Traditional Indian Folk Jewellery (Stand 41). © TEFAF 2018 Rigid gold armlet (bajuband) consisting of double hexaognal cylinders, complemented with pliable foral design hinges, kundan set with diamonds, at both ends. Both cylinders have makara-head finials, kundan set with diamonds on the top and along the sides against a sabz zamin (green) translucent enamelled... [Lire la suite]

Guttapusal necklace,  India, Andhra Pradesh, probably Hyderabad, late 18th century © Van Gelder Traditional Indian Folk Jewellery Elaborate gold, made up of a series of eighty-three open, tubular elements, each set with a cabochon ruby or emerald and a natural pearl on top, alternated on either side with seven petal-shaped decoration and each set with a single diamond, ruby or emerald. Length 57 cm.  On either side of the center pendant is an oval-shaped element attached to the double tubular pendant, each... [Lire la suite]

Atlas. Ancient Region of Gandhara, circa 1st-2nd century. Grey schist. Height: 9 1/2 inches (24 cm) © Nayef Homsi Ancient Art Celestial Nymph with Vyala. India, Rajasthan or Uttar Pradesh, 10th-11th century. Pink Sandstone. Height: 28 inches (71.1 cm). © Nayef Homsi Ancient Art  Saint Ayanar. India, Tamil Nadu, Chola Dynasty, circa 13th century. Bronze. Height: 10 1/4 inches (26 cm) © Nayef Homsi Ancient Art Nayef Homsi Ancient Art of Asia at Asia Week New York 2016. March... [Lire la suite]

Jina. ca. 1160. India, Rajasthan, probably vicinity of Mount Abu. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund, 2000.98 © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts WASHINGTON, DC.- “Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” the first exhibi­tion about the visual history of yoga, opens Oct. 19 at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and explores yoga's rich diversity and historical transformations during the past 2,000 years.  On view through Jan. 26, 2014, “The Art of Transformation” examines yoga’s... [Lire la suite]

Parsvanatha. Grès rose. Inde (probablement Uttar Pradesh). 9° siècle. photo courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr H. : 80 cm. Accidents et manques visibles. Estimation : 50 000 / 75 000 € Cette remarquable et importante sculpture présente le jina Parsvanatha, nu, le classique ornement srivatsa marquant sa poitrine, assis en méditation dans l'attitude du lotus (vajraparyankasana), les mains posées dans son giron en dhyana mudra, la tête encore partiellement abritée par les restes d'un capuchon de naga.La pointe de la queue du... [Lire la suite]

Devati. Grès. Inde. (Uttar Pradesh) ca 10°-12° siècle. photo courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr H. : 55 cm - Estimation : 6 000 / 10 000 € Cette belle représentation d'un personnage à quatre bras, debout dans l'attitude de la triple flexion (tribhanga), est assez inhabituelle.Une de ses mains droites maintient une tige de lotus sortant d'un vase reposant sur le sol.Ses deux mains gauches portent un vase à eau (kamandalu) et probablement ce qu'il reste d'une fleur de lotus ou d'un serpent au capuchon déployé.L'association du... [Lire la suite]

Ganesa dansant. Grès. Inde. (Probablement Uttar Pradesh). ca 10°-11° siècle. photo courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr H. : 57 cm. Accidents, manques et fractures visibles. Estimation : 8 000 / 12 000 € Ganesa est ici représenté debout, dans une attitude de danse, et arborant trois paires de bras.Le passage du temps a effacé ou rendu délicats à interpréter les attributs initialement reliés à chacune de ses mains, seules les deux supérieures maintiennent clairement un serpent formant un arc au dessus de sa tête.Cette façon de... [Lire la suite]