A BRONZE FIGURE OF KALI

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Description:

Nepal, 17th ct.
H. 17,5/19,8 cm
Standing in pratyalidhasana on a vase and reclining figure placed on a lotus pericarp set on a stepped base, her ten hands radiating around her body holding the prescribed attributes, wearing sari, scarf, bejewelled, her four faces displaying a severe expression with almond-shaped eyes, her hair combed in a chignon topped with an feline’s head and secured with tiaras, traces of red puja.
Old South German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 2005
Published Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart 18.2.1981, no. 3514
Minor corrosion, slightly chipped

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