STATUE OF VISHNU IN BRONZE COPPER
NEPAL, XVII CENTURY
Represented standing on a lotiform base, the main hands holding the lotus and the conch, the two others holding the sceptre and the cakra, dressed in dhoti, adorned with jewels, serene face, forehead girdled with a high tiara, hair headdresses in a bun, the head surrounded by a halo of flames; two misses
Height: 32 cm. (12½ in.)
Details
- Title : A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF VISHNU
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt - Copper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 17TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 328
- Post Lot Text : A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF VISHNU NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 4,750
- Estimate : EUR 3,000 - EUR 4,000
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