A silver figure of Yamuna (?), the river goddess

Estimated Value:

500 € - 800 €

Result:

1.100 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Sino-Tibetan, 19th/20th cent.
H. 8,4 cm
Yamuna, the "goddess of wealth", partner of the wealth god Jambhala, belongs to the group of five protectors who are invoked for a long life. She is worshipped as the goddess of colour, wealth and fertility. Yamuna sits in a relaxed posture on a lotus throne. Her right footß rests on a turtle above a stem that rises in front of the throne. She wears bodhisattva jewellery, the fivefold crown attached to the back of a crown bearer. Her hair is tied in a knot and pinned with a jewel. She is four-armed and holds the symbols of the jewel (ratna) on the right and the vase of nectar (amrtakalasa) on the left - The two main hands perform the gesture of wish-granting (varadamudra) on the right and the gesture of teaching (vitarkamudra) on the left. Resealed.
Important South German private collection, collected between 1956 and 2004, coll. no. 97, according to handwritten note on the collection card from Euwe in The Hague, probably acquired before 1970 - Minim. traces of age

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