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INDIA (OR NEPAL), CIRCA 6TH CENTURY
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A small bronze figure of Kubera
India (or Nepal), circa 6th century
Seated in 'Royal ease', the pot-bellied deity adorned with crown, large earrings and beaded jewelry, holding a bag of outpouring jewels, his features very finely modeled with eyelids and arched brows in slight relief, his hair incised in an elaborate coiffure with tresses of hair falling down over his shoulders, the metal of high copper content
2 in. (5.6 cm.) high
India (or Nepal), circa 6th century
Seated in 'Royal ease', the pot-bellied deity adorned with crown, large earrings and beaded jewelry, holding a bag of outpouring jewels, his features very finely modeled with eyelids and arched brows in slight relief, his hair incised in an elaborate coiffure with tresses of hair falling down over his shoulders, the metal of high copper content
2 in. (5.6 cm.) high