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Lot 21
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF VASUDHARA
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Nepal. 16th/ 17th c.H. 20,8 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a separate cast lotus base, her principle hands in varadamudra and vitarkamudra, both secondary ones holding rosary and vase, wearing sari, scarf, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, her hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna, secured with a tiara and a flaming head halo behind.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 89
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 89, pp. 218 and 219 - Wear, slightly chipped
