NEPAL, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY

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A Small Gilt Bronze Figure of Indra
Nepal, circa 15th Century
Very finely cast seated in 'Royal Ease' with his right arm resting on his knee in a relaxed pose, with two lotus stalks rising to his shoulders supporting a vajra and flaming scrollwork, wearing a short diaphanous dhoti, beaded necklaces and a tiara with inlaid turquoise and incised scrollwork, his face gently modeled in a serene expression with delicately incised third eye, downcast eyes and mouth set in a slight smile, the headdress and lotus stalks on the reverse with remains of red pigment
3 5/8 in. (9.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Pan-Asian Collection

Special notice

This lot is offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold.

Lot Essay

This very elegantly and intricately modeled bronze is characteristic for the Nepali representation of Indra, seated in the graceful pose of 'Royal Ease' with his principal attribute of the thunderbolt supported by a lotus flower, bearing a crescent shaped crown, and with the 'third eye' incised on the forehead; compare to another bronze of Indra from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, in P. Pal, Art of Nepal, 1985, cat. no. S42, p. 119.

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