Lot 281
  • 281

A Copper Alloy Figure of Surya

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Surya
  • Copper alloy
  • height 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm)

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner in the early 1970s

Exhibited

Gods and Goddesses of India, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, December 4, 1985 — January 12, 1986

Condition

Wear, oxidization and accretion overall. Bending to aureole. Proper right front leg on base now missing, as visible in catalogue illustration. Some encrustation on reverse.
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