STÈLE REPRÉSENTANT UN PORTEUR DE CHAURI EN MARBRE... Lot n° 11

STÈLE REPRÉSENTANT UN PORTEUR DE CHAURI EN MARBRE GUJARAT, XII/XIIIE SIÈCLE 51 cm (20 1/8 in.) high Footnotes: A MARBLE STELE OF A CHAURI-BEARER GUJARAT, 12TH/13TH CENTURY 古吉拉特邦 十二/十三世紀 大理石持拂藥叉石碑 Published: Jan van Alphen, Steps to Liberation: 2,500 Years of Jain Art and Religion, 2000, p. 167, no. 92. Exhibited: Steps to Liberation: 2,500 Years of Jain Art and Religion, Etnografisch Museum Antwerpen, 26 May - 15 October 2000. Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s While discussing the present sculpture, van Alphen notes, 'As a bearer of the flywhisk, cauri or camara, Indra is a constant companion of the Jina. Earlier Vedic gods often acquired a subservient role, in Buddhism as well as Jainism, as guardians of the cardinal points, or as attendants who lustrate the newly-born Buddha or Jina, and so forth... In the course of time many cauri-bearers have been removed from their original context to live a separate life of their own'. Similar diminutive flywhisk-bearers flank a large image of Jina Ajitanatha, dated 1062 CE, in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (Pal et al., The Peaceful Liberators, 1994, pp. 31 & 145, fig. 21, no. 32). Several comparable Jain sculptures from Gujarat dated to the 13th-century are published in Parimoo, Treasures from the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, 2012, pp. 31-4, nos. 33-7. Also, see a chauri-bearer attributed to the 11th/12th century sold at Christie's, New York, 12 September 2017, lot 615. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com Overall good condition, with significant wear and abrasions to the whole, and loss to the lower left of the scarf by his right angle, and top edge of the upper section. Ancient loss to his nose, as visible in images. Please contact Sidney Lee (sidney.lee@bonhams.com) for related condition report images.