26th Apr, 2023 11:00
Asian & Islamic Works of Art
113
A LARGE KONDH BRONZE DEPICTION OF THE KARAM FESTIVAL, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
in two sections, in the form of a tree with twenty-three male and female figures sitting and standing on the branches or climbing up the trunk, four further figures at the base comprising two male musicians and two female companions, 86cm high
The Karam (or Karma) festival is celebrated by young men and women of the Kondh tribe at harvest time, and is known as a time when many fall in love while dancing to music around the branch of the Karam tree (Nauclea Parvifolia) which is set up in an open space. For a smaller version of the same subject in the National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi, inv. no. 88/J/D, see Jyotindra Jain and Aarti Aggarwala, 'National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum' Ahmedabad/Middletown NJ 1989, p.32.
in two sections, in the form of a tree with twenty-three male and female figures sitting and standing on the branches or climbing up the trunk, four further figures at the base comprising two male musicians and two female companions, 86cm high
The Karam (or Karma) festival is celebrated by young men and women of the Kondh tribe at harvest time, and is known as a time when many fall in love while dancing to music around the branch of the Karam tree (Nauclea Parvifolia) which is set up in an open space. For a smaller version of the same subject in the National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi, inv. no. 88/J/D, see Jyotindra Jain and Aarti Aggarwala, 'National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum' Ahmedabad/Middletown NJ 1989, p.32.
Auction: Asian & Islamic Works of Art, 26th Apr, 2023
