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12TH CENTURY
Details
a north indian, pala period, bronze figure of syamatara
12th century
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus, resting on a shaped rectangular throne on four feet, her right hand in varadamudra, her left holding the stem of a lotus flowering along her left shoulder, her upper body with voluptious breasts, wearing sarong engraved with flower heads, bejewelled, her cold-gilded face with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose, smiling lips, painted facial details, three-leaf tiara, pattras and bun at the backside of her blue coloured hairdress and flaming halo behind surmounted by a parasol
13 cm high
12th century
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus, resting on a shaped rectangular throne on four feet, her right hand in varadamudra, her left holding the stem of a lotus flowering along her left shoulder, her upper body with voluptious breasts, wearing sarong engraved with flower heads, bejewelled, her cold-gilded face with almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose, smiling lips, painted facial details, three-leaf tiara, pattras and bun at the backside of her blue coloured hairdress and flaming halo behind surmounted by a parasol
13 cm high
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.