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A VERY LARGE (76 CM) BRONZE HEAD OF VARAHA, KARNATAKA, CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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A VERY LARGE (76 CM) BRONZE HEAD OF VARAHA, KARNATAKA, CIRCA 17TH-18TH CENTURY

South India. Heavily cast in the form of a boar head, with large, wide-open eyes framed by neatly incised lashes and arched brows, a prominent snout decorated with lotus motifs and flanked by two small, curved tusks, and a pair of leaf-shaped ears.
The head is surmounted by a separately cast crown, comprising a tiara incised with lotus petals, a bulbous mid-section centered by a Kirtimukha mask, and terminating in a bud-shaped finial. (2)

Provenance: German trade. By repute acquired from a private collection.
Condition: Very good condition, with old wear, casting irregularities, including a casting fracture to the right ear, traces of corrosion, minor dents, losses, and surface scratches. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown patina.

Weight: 37.3 kg (total)
Dimensions: Height 76.4 cm (total)

Varaha, the third avatar of Vishnu, is one of the most powerful embodiments of the god’s role as preserver of cosmic order. According to Hindu mythology, when the demon Hiranyaksha seized Bhudevi, the personification of the earth, and carried her beneath the cosmic ocean, Vishnu assumed the form of a mighty boar, slew the demon, and raised the earth upon his tusks. The present head distills this myth into a commanding monumental form. Its wide-open eyes, powerful snout, and curved tusks convey immense strength, while the lotus ornament and elaborate crown, centered by a kirtimukha mask and surmounted by a lotus-bud finial, proclaim the deity’s divine and royal nature.

Related monumental heads of Vishnu’s animal-headed avatars were also venerated in a rare, lingam-like form in South India. A particularly close example is the brass head of Narasimha at the 16th-century Kanakachala Lakshmi Narasimha Temple in Kanakagiri, Karnataka. Varaha and Narasimha—the boar and man-lion—are traditionally regarded as the third and fourth avatars of Vishnu. Both represent the god’s intervention against destructive forces that threaten the cosmic order, affirming his supreme role as the preserver of dharma. The close correspondence in form suggests that the present head was likewise created as a monumental temple image.

A further regional parallel is found in the bhuta masks of coastal Karnataka, where metal images played an active role in ceremonies devoted to local deities, spirits, and divinized ancestors. During bhuta kola performances, masks could be worn, carried, or held by trained mediums engaged in dance, song, storytelling, divination, and the settlement of communal disputes. Among the most important boar spirits was Panjurli, a tutelary deity associated with the forests and cultivated lands of Tulu Nadu. Panjurli is not one of Vishnu’s canonical avatars, although he was later identified with Varaha in some traditions. This syncretic relationship accounts for the close visual correspondence between Panjurli masks and images of Vishnu’s boar incarnation. Compare a related boar-form bhuta mask sold at Christie’s New York, 18 September 2013, lot 246.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Zacke Vienna, 16 April 2026, lot 229
Price: EUR 9,750
Description: A lingam-form brass head of Narasimha, South India, Karnataka, circa 17th-18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form, modeling, manner of casting, and subject. Note the smaller size (58 cm).

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