A LARGE LINGAM COVER, MAHARASTRA, INDIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY The mustachioed brass head expressively cast with a straight nose and bulging eyes, flanked by wide ears, surmounted by a tiered crown with a short and flared foliate brim and finely incised with stylized petal designs.

Provenance: From a private collection in southern Germany, mostly assembled between the 1960s and 1980s.
Condition: Very good condition with extensive old wear, some manufacturing flaws, small nicks and dents, light scratches, remnants of old lacquer coating.

Weight: 1,957 g
Dimensions: Height 26.5 cm

Literature comparison: Compare a related brass Shivalinga cover, dated 17^th-18^th century, in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number AC1995.220.1.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related brass lingam cover, 40.6 cm high, also dated 18^th-19^th century, at Christie’s New York in Indian and Southeast Asian Art on 18 September 2013, lot 249, sold for USD 7,500. Compare a related brass lingam cover, 28 cm high, dated to the 19^th century, at Christie’s London, 19 March 2013, lot 387, sold for GBP 4,375.