A silver figure of Shiva

Description:

Nepal, 18th cent.
H. 12,1 cm
Standing in samabhanga on an oval plinth, his principle hands holding ball and flask while the upper hands carry rosary and trident, wearing dhoti fastened around the hips with a broad belt set with a turquoise inlaid buckle, pair of sashes falling down along his legs, upavita across his chest, jewellery set with turquoise stones, his face displaying a severe expression with open eyes below arched eyebrows, third eye at his forehead, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, on perspex base. With two further miniature bronzes.
From an important Southern German private collection, collected since the 1960s - Minor traces of age