Lot Essay
This sculpture relates directly to the main image at the Shaktidevi Temple at Chhatradi in North India, see M. Postel, Antiquities of Himachal, 1985, p. 46, fig. no. 49.
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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF JULIAN SHERRIER
A Bronze Figure of Shaktidevi
INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Details
A Bronze Figure of Shaktidevi
India, Himachal Pradesh, 16th/17th century
Standing on a lotus base over a stepped plinth and holding various implements in her four hands, clad in a dhoti incised with foliate patterns and secured with a long festooned belt, adorned with multiple necklaces and large earrings, her face with full lips and large silver-inlaid eyes, surmounted by an elaborate headdress
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
India, Himachal Pradesh, 16th/17th century
Standing on a lotus base over a stepped plinth and holding various implements in her four hands, clad in a dhoti incised with foliate patterns and secured with a long festooned belt, adorned with multiple necklaces and large earrings, her face with full lips and large silver-inlaid eyes, surmounted by an elaborate headdress
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
Provenance
Julian Sherrier Collection, London, formed between early 1940s-1972
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