SCULPTED WOODEN PILLAR
NEPAL, XVII CENTURY
Representative Kama standing on a lotus resting on a niche housing an erotic scene, the right hand holding an arrow, the left replaced, dressed in a dhoti, adorned with jewels and garlands, the serene face, the forehead girded with a tiara, surmounted by a canopy of leaves
Height: 148 cm. (58¼ in.)
Details
- Title : A CARVED WOOD PILLAR DEPICTING KAMA
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Wood
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 17TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 341
- Post Lot Text : A CARVED WOOD PILAR DEPICTING KAMA NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 11,250
- Estimate : EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000
- Provenance : From a Danish private collection