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Lot 120

A BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Schätzpreis:

Description:

Nepal, 19th/ 20th c.
H. 35,5 cm
Trampling in alidhasana on a figure lying on the lotus-base, her principle hands with sword and shield while both secondary hands carry the karttrika and kapala, wearing bone apron, scarf draped around her shoulders, bejewelled, her face displaying a forceful expression with bulging eyes below arched eyebrows, open mouth showing teeth and fangs, her flaming hairdo secured with a tiara and a separate cast flaming mandorla behind.
From the collection of Gerd-Wolfgang Essen (1930-2007), assembled between the 1950s and 1980s
Minor damages due to age, wear