Details
- Title : AN OFFERING GODDESS
- Year : 11th Century
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt-bronze
- Dimension : Height 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.)
- Accession No : GNM_LOT 23_PUN_09
- Country/ Geo-location : Himalayas, possibly Nepal
- Collection : PUNDOLE’S
- Status : LIVE AUCTION The Art of the Himalayas from the Collection of Roshan Sabavala (M0009) (As per NOV 2021)
- ESTIMATED : ₹40,000 - ₹60,000
- SOLD : ₹85,000
- NOTE : The rich gilding and warm copper tone of this rare sculpture suggests a Newar hand. Compare with the low three-leaf crown and elegant posture of a 9th century Nepalese Jambhala in the Potala Collection, Lhasa, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong Kong, 2001, Vol. I, p. 492, pls. 157A-B. The hair gathered into a large bun features throughout early Himalayan and North Indian female sculpture, such as 10th century Nepalese Buddhist or Brahmanical gilt-copper attendant deities in the Jokhang Collection, Lhasa, ibid, p. 482, pls. 152A-C.