Seated in lalitasana on a low cushion over a lion throne, with her right hand lowered in varadamudra and holding a jewel and book in the others, clad in adhoti with voluminous folds and adorned with a simple necklace hanging between the breasts, the face with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes flanked by large earrings and surmounted by a foliate tiara, the hair in two large buns at the back of the head 5½ in. (13.8 cm.) high
Details
- Title : An early and rare bronze figure of Vasudhara
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Bronze
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 7th/8th century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 1036
- Price realised : USD 10,000
- Estimate : USD 6,000 - USD 8,000
- Provenance : Estate of Mr. Fong Chow, New York, acquired by 1971
- Literature : F. Chow, Arts from the Rooftop of Asia: Tibet, Nepal, Kashmir, 1971, cat. no. 9
- Exhibited : Arts from the Rooftop of Asia: Tibet, Nepal, Kashmir, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22 April - 7 September 1971, cat. no. 9 (L.1971.9.5)