A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF VENUGOPALA

Description:

South India, Nayak period, 19th cent.
H. 30,4 cm
Standing with his legs crossed on a lotus base, both hands raised in front of his chest originally holding the flute, naked, his genital visible, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a lotus bud and secured with a tiara.
Southern German private collection, according to the present owner bought in India 1975 - Minor traces of age