STATUETTE OF SAMVARA AND PARATRE IN BRONZE PARTIALLY GOLDEN
NEPAL, XVII CENTURY
Represented seated in Vajrasana on a bronze base not gilded and melted separately, holding vajra and ghanta, wearing the dhoti, adorned with jewels, hugging her consort, the latter holding kapala and Karttrika, serene faces, hair styled in a bun, some details painted, the front girdles of Tiares, sealed
Height: 24 cm. (9½ in.)
Details
- Title : A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SAMVARA AND HIS CONSORT
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt Bronze
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 17TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 303
- Post Lot Text : A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SAMVARA AND HIS CONSORT NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 6,250
- Estimate : EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000