Rare Chakrasamvara statuette in gilded copper alloy Nepal, XVI E – XVII E century
A RARE GILT-COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA, NEPAL, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY
standing in Alidhasana trampling small demons on a Lotiform base, holding in his main hands a vajra and a Gantha , his ten secondary arms arranged in a fan holding various attributes, adorned with many jewels and a rich apron decorated with beaded chains, his four crowned heads, his hair tied into a heavy chignon adorned with a jewel, the expression wrathful, unsealed
25.1 cm, 9 7/8 in.
25.1 cm, 9 7/8 in.
Details
- Title : A RARE GILT-COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF CHAKRASAMVARA, NEPAL, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY
- Year : 16TH / 17TH CENTURY
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilded Copper Alloy
- Accession No : LOT 62
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : Sotheby’s
- Status : SOLD 11 JUNE 2019 | 10:30 AM CEST
- Estimate : EUR 30,000 - 50,000
- LOT SOLD : EUR 37,500
- ORIGIN : Christie's Amsterdam, 17th February 2000, lot 133.