Lot 1048
  • 1048

A COPPER FIGURE DEPICTING AMOGHAPASHA Nepal, 16th Century

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Bronze
the standing deity with five-pointed crown inlaid with turquoise, plaited jatamukata topped with dome-shaped finial, adorned with earrings, necklaces, armlets, bracelets and anklets, with eight arms holding a mala, pasha, pustaka, trishula, padma and a vase of amrita, the primary and secondary right hands extended in varada mudra

Provenance

Navin Kumar Gallery, 1979.

Condition

Wear, oxidation and accretion overall. Loss to original stone inlay. Bending and minor losses to hand implements. Traces of polychrome at hair and crown. Two lugs at upper back. Slight loss to fingertips at quaternary right hand.
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Catalogue Note

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 12948