A FINE AND RARE CHAM SILVER HEAD OF SHIVAChampa, 10th-12th century. The head displaying the classic iconography of Shiva, the central deity of the Cham people, with long earlobes and piled up locks of hair. The face showing a fine, calm expression with almond-shaped eyes, one uninterrupted bow-shaped eyebrow below the third eye, a broad nose, an elegantly curved mustache, and thick lips forming a subtle smile. Gold and silver Shiva heads such as this one once belonged to mukhalingas but were often separated due to the weak riveting used to fix the heads to the linga bodies.Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik Istv??n Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istv??n Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.Published: The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum, page 174, Budapest 2013.Condition: Very good condition with minor traces of age and wear.Weight: 260.2 gDimensions: Height 17.2 cm罕見占銀濕婆頭像占婆, 十至十二世紀。這個頭像是濕婆的經典特徵。占婆絕大多數人信奉濕婆。濕婆有著長長的耳垂和精心編織的髮辮。臉部呈杏仁形,雙眼下方有一個不間斷的弓形眉毛,寬闊的鼻子,優雅的弧形鬍鬚,豐滿的嘴唇展現出微妙而平靜的表情。像這樣的金色和銀色濕婆頭像曾經屬於穆卡林迦,使用時會將其固定到林伽上。來源:原The Zelnik Istv??n Southeast Asian Gold Museum博物館收藏。比利時Institutional art collection, 購於上述收藏。 Dr. Istv??n Zelnik是匈牙利南亞和東南亞研究所所長,前匈牙利高級外交官,他在東南亞工作了幾十年,建立了歐洲最大的亞洲藝術品私人收藏。圖片:Dr. Istv??n Zelnik出版:The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum, 174頁, 布達佩斯 2013.品相:狀況極佳,有輕微的年代和磨損痕跡。重量:260.2 克尺寸:高17.2 厘米