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17TH CENTURY
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a nepalese wood temple strut
17th century
Deeply carved in ajour with a male divinity standing cross-legged in tribhanga on a base resting on a hamsa, his right arm stretched along the body, the left raised and holding lotus flower, wearing dhoti, shawl and jewellery, his face with serene expression, urna, elongated earlobes with ear rings, crown, standing between two branches of a tree with its leaves above, the latter carved with a monkey, below an erotic scene of two female and one male personage, traces of red puja
108 cm high, mounted
17th century
Deeply carved in ajour with a male divinity standing cross-legged in tribhanga on a base resting on a hamsa, his right arm stretched along the body, the left raised and holding lotus flower, wearing dhoti, shawl and jewellery, his face with serene expression, urna, elongated earlobes with ear rings, crown, standing between two branches of a tree with its leaves above, the latter carved with a monkey, below an erotic scene of two female and one male personage, traces of red puja
108 cm high, mounted
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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.