A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF INDRA WITH INSET SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES AND TURQUOISE BLUE PASTE NEPAL, 14TH CENTURY |

the god Indra, distinguished by the characteristic horizontal mark on the forehead indicating a third eye, wearing a diaphanous dhoti and a sash over the legs, with gem-set armbands, necklace and upavita, lotus-form earrings and the god’s distinctive crown inset with garnets and turquoise blue paste, the god seated in elegant maharajalilasana with right arm resting on the raised right thigh, the right hand in vitarka mudra and the left supporting his weight behind and holding Indra’s emblem the vajra thunderbolt Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13621.

In overall good condition. Overall wear and accretion. Wear to the layer of gilding visible. Casting hole and area where it would have been filled now visible at the back lower left side of the torso. Almost all jewels and decorative insets original and still intact.
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