A NEPALESE GILT COPPER FIGURE OF SURYA, seated on a lotus, both feet firmly based on the ground, both hands in vitarkamudra and holding the stems of the lotuses, flowering along both shoulders, wearing dhoti, boots, necklaces, crown and armlets, his face with downcast expression, elongated earlobes and a high matted chignon, early 16th Century
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A NEPALESE GILT COPPER FIGURE OF SURYA, seated on a lotus, both feet firmly based on the ground, both hands in vitarkamudra and holding the stems of the lotuses, flowering along both shoulders, wearing dhoti, boots, necklaces, crown and armlets, his face with downcast expression, elongated earlobes and a high matted chignon, early 16th Century
10.5 cm high
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Ruth Schachian, New York
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