STATUETTE OF VAJRAVARAHI IN WOOD
NEPAL, END OF XVII CENTURY
Represented in a dance pose, her left foot crushing a human being resting on a lotus, both hands holding the Karttrika and the kapala, the Khatvanga resting on her arm, wearing a pearl skirt, adorned with jewels, a garland of skulls, the face fierce, the forehead girded with a tiara embellished with a boar’s head, surrounded by a halo of flames, remains of polychrome and gilding
Height: 13.5 cm. (5¼ in.)
Details
- Title : A WOOD FIGURE OF VAJRAVARAHI
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Wood
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : LATE 17TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 344
- Post Lot Text : A WOOD FIGURE OF VAJRAVARAHI NEPAL, LATE 17TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 1,250
- Estimate : EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,000