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Property from a Private New Jersey Collection
Two bronze figures of attendants
NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY
Details
Two bronze figures of attendants
Nepal, 17th century
The male wearing a short dhoti, multiple necklaces and holding a bowl and flywhisk, the female wearing a long dhoti with similar jewelry and holding a staff, each with elabroate chignons backed by lotus halos and swaying towards the other, with gilding remaining on their faces
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.), the higher (2)
Nepal, 17th century
The male wearing a short dhoti, multiple necklaces and holding a bowl and flywhisk, the female wearing a long dhoti with similar jewelry and holding a staff, each with elabroate chignons backed by lotus halos and swaying towards the other, with gilding remaining on their faces
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.), the higher (2)
Provenance
Private collection, New Jersey, before 1968
By descent to present owner by 1980
By descent to present owner by 1980