A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF VASUDHARA

A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF VASUDHARA

STATUE OF VASUDHARA IN GOLDEN COPPER
NEPAL, DATE 1754
Represented seated in Lalitasana on a lotiform base bearing an inscription, the main hands holding the lotus and the vase, the four other hands holding various attributes, dressed in a sari, adorned with jewels, the serene face, a halo behind the head; missing mandorle
Height: 14 cm. (5½ in.)

Details

  • Title : A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF VASUDHARA
  • Classification : Sculpture
  • Medium : Gilt - Copper
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Period : DATED 1754
  • Collection : Christies
  • LOT : 410
  • Post Lot Text : A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF VASUDHARA NEPAL, DATED 1754
  • Price realised : EUR 15,000
  • Estimate : EUR 12,000 - EUR 18,000
  • Provenance : Formerly the property of a Dutch private collector, acquired between the 1970's and the 1990's in The Netherlands, and bought from him by the present private collector in 1999, The Hague