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NEPAL, 14TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Maitreya
Nepal, 14th century
Standing in graceful tribhanga with his right hand raised in vitarkamudra with the left pendant at his hip holding the water vessel, clad in a sheer dhoti incised with an ornate foliate pattern and with the folds pendant between the knees, adorned with a sash draped across the thighs and the sacred thread, the face with benevolent expression with elongated eyes surmounted by an ornate foliate tiara, the hair piled in a tall chignon, fronted by a diminutive stupa and topped with a hardstone finial
9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high
Nepal, 14th century
Standing in graceful tribhanga with his right hand raised in vitarkamudra with the left pendant at his hip holding the water vessel, clad in a sheer dhoti incised with an ornate foliate pattern and with the folds pendant between the knees, adorned with a sash draped across the thighs and the sacred thread, the face with benevolent expression with elongated eyes surmounted by an ornate foliate tiara, the hair piled in a tall chignon, fronted by a diminutive stupa and topped with a hardstone finial
9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection
Private collection, California, acquired from Christie's Amsterdam, 3 November 1998, lot 71
Private collection, California, acquired from Christie's Amsterdam, 3 November 1998, lot 71
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