AN IMPORTANT GILT-COPPER GROUP OF INDRA AND INDRANI

Description:

Nepal, dated 1659
H. 27,5 cm
Indra is majestically seated in rajalilasana on a separate embossed lotus base with his right hand in abhayamudra while his left is embracing his consort Indrani seated on his left upper leg, he is clad in a dhoti, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched-shaped eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, horizontal urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, the hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara, Indrani is showing as well the abhayamudra with her left hand and with her right she is embracing Indra, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face with serene expression and her hair coiffed in a chignon set with a tiara to the front, the base with lengthy inscription.
From the collection of Dr. Georg-Friedrich Zeileis, acquired through Galerie Asbboth Vienna, at Lempertz Cologne, 31.5.1991. Lot 426, publ. plate III
Published in: Friedrich Georg Zeileis, 'Sacred and Secular from Gandhara to Lhasa and along the Silk Road', 2004, no. 80, p. 230 - Minor wear, very slightly chipped