A Wood Strut of Deva
A Wood Strut of Deva

NEPAL, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A Wood Strut of Deva
Nepal, 16th/17th Century
Expressively carved standing in tribhanga with the right arm raised and holding an axe under overhanging branches, above a seated Bodhisattva over a rock plinth
57 in. (146 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a strut of a dancing Ganesha in the Alsdorf Collection, see P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey, 1997, cat. no. 73.

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