A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF HALAHALALOKESHVARA, in dancing posture on a separate lotus-base, his eight arms radiating around his body and holding the specific attributes, wearing dhoti, body-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, five-leaf crown, high chignon, large flaming aureol behind, chattra above, the whole on a shaped wooden pedestal, the front carved with a pair of lions, the base with inscription, dated A.D. 1723

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A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF HALAHALALOKESHVARA, in dancing posture on a separate lotus-base, his eight arms radiating around his body and holding the specific attributes, wearing dhoti, body-ornaments, his face with downcast expression, urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, five-leaf crown, high chignon, large flaming aureol behind, chattra above, the whole on a shaped wooden pedestal, the front carved with a pair of lions, the base with inscription, dated A.D. 1723
bronze figure 96 cm high
wooden pedestal 22 cm high

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