5849

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    Indian Carved Wooden Lintel Panel

    India
    circa 17th century

    length: 92cm, width: 19cm

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    Provenance

    UK art market

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    This wooden door lintel has been carved with an addorsed pair of hamsas or sacred swans  separated by a sacred, jewelled vase of longevity. The swans have fabulous, foliate tails matched by equally extravagant foliage scrolls that terminate in flowers.

    A comparable door lintel dated to the 17th century is illustrated in Bussabarger & Dashew Robins (1968, p. 130).

    The example here has obvious age, and a splendid, deep patina.

    References

    Bussabarger, R.F. & B. Dashew Robins, The Everyday Art of India, Dover, 1968.

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