A POLYCHROME BLACK STONE FIGURE OF SHRI DEVI

Estimated Value:

1.000 € - 1.500 €

Result:

1.683 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Tibet, 19th c.
H. 17 cm
Seated astride her caparisoned mule trotting over a sea of blood encompassed by a mountain range, her right hand brandishing the sword, her left holding the kapala, her face displaying a wrathful expression and a flaming halo behind.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 98
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 98, pp. 238 and 239 - Minor wear, slightly chipped

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