NEPAL, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

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A copper figure of Indra
Nepal, 14th/15th century
Seated in Royal Ease, wearing a tight dhoti and ornate jewelry inlaid with hardstones, the serene face with three elongated eyes, arched brows and full lips, surmounted by a chignon secured with a tall headdress centered by a winged figure, flanked on one side by a lotus supporting a vajra
10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high

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Private Collection, London and Switzerland, prior to 1960

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This very elegantly and intricately modeled bronze is characteristic for the Nepalese 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, p.119, cat. no. S42.