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Lot 127
A GILT-COPPER EMBOSSED TORANA SECTION
Estimated Value:
1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result:
3.885 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Nepal, 19th cent.61 x 34 cm, Stand
The shaped upper section of the torana is embossed with an ajour design of a central placed winged khyung-bird, both arms stretched outwards, bejewelled, his head with beak, pair of horns and a red coloured flaming hairdo, flanked by a pair of nagarajas with a snake-tail, each supporting a fruit with one hand, their faces displaying a serene expression, their blue coloured hair combed in a chignon with a snake-canopy behind, the lower section with a pair of makaras and all placed amidst scrolling tendrils, mounted.
From the estate of the Helmut Ploog collection (1940-2024), collected since 1965. Collection card with the note Nagel preserved. Acquired 21.7.2021, lot 175 at Nagel in Stuttgart from the collection of the Kienzle brothers, collected between 1965 and 1986 (invoice preserved) - Traces of age, partly chipped
