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CIRCA 1800
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a nepalese gilt-copper figure of kali
circa 1800
Standing in alidhasana on a human figure, reclining on a lotus-base, her sixteen arms radiating around her body and holding the specific attributes, wearing pleated dhoti, mala of skulls, her head with three faces, including a bony one and two regular ones, five-leaf crown with skulls and the chignon with the fourth face
22 cm high, mounted
circa 1800
Standing in alidhasana on a human figure, reclining on a lotus-base, her sixteen arms radiating around her body and holding the specific attributes, wearing pleated dhoti, mala of skulls, her head with three faces, including a bony one and two regular ones, five-leaf crown with skulls and the chignon with the fourth face
22 cm high, mounted