TWO STATUETTES OF VAJRAPANI AND SYAMATARA IN GOLDEN BRONZE
NEPAL, XV CENTURY
Vajrapani stands in samabhanga with his hand holding a stem of lotus flowering along his upper arm and the vajra. Syamatara sits in lalitasana one has a lotus base in Varadamudra; resealed.
Origin
By repute, acquired in the early 1930s in Asia and thence by descent.
Property from a French private collection.
Details
- Title : TWO SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF VAJRAPANI AND SYAMATARA
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Bronze
- Dimension : 3 7/8 in. and 3 in. (10 cm and 7.5 cm.) High, Vajrapani on later base
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 15TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 106
- Post Lot Text : TWO SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF VAJRAPANI AND SYAMATARA NEPAL, 15TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 4,375
- Estimate : EUR 3,000 - EUR 4,000
- Provenance : By repute, acquired in the early 1930s in Asia and thence by descent. Property from a French private collection.