TWO BRONZE FIGURES OF RAMA AND DEVI

Description:

South-India, 19th/ early 20th c.
H. 37,7/ 39,8 cm
Rama is standing on a lotus-base placed on a pierced pedestal with his right arm lowered and the left raised, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, quiver-set on his back, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes, his hair combed in the kiritamakuta and Sri Devi is similarly standing on a lotus-base set on a pierced pedestal with her right arm lowered along her body, the left holding lotus-flower, wearing sari, udarabandha, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression and her hair in the kiritamakuta.
Old Berlin private collection, assembled prior 1950
Minor traces of age