A BRONZE FIGURE OF BHU

Description:

South-India, late 19th c.
H. 29 cm
Standing in slight tribhanga on a lotus base placed on a square pedestal pierced to both front and back with holes for attachment, her raised right hand holding the lotus flower while her left arm is lowered along her body, wearing sari secured around her middle with a belt decorated with pair of sashes, bejewelled, breast-band, her face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with floral-shaped earrings and her hair in the kiritamakuta.
Former German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Slightly chipped, wear