It is decorated with Bhairava represented in aldhasana on a man placed on a lotiform base. His six arms radiating around him hold attributes. He is adorned with jewels and wearing a tiger skin and a mala of cut heads. His face is marked by a fierce expression and surmounted by a fiery headdress; accidents.
Details
- Title : STEEL IN WOOD SCULPT OF BHAIRAVA
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Wood
- Dimension : Height: 54 cm. (21 ¼ in.)
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 17TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 181
- Post Lot Text : A WOOD STELE DEPICTING BHAIRAVA NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 10,000
- Estimate : EUR 8,000 - EUR 12,000
- Provenance : Dutch private collection, collected prior the 1990s.