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    Highlights from the Star Collection: From India to Indonesia

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    20 March 2009

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    • A bronze figure of Padmapani
    Lot 1205

    A bronze figure of Padmapani

    NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 37,500

    Estimate

    USD 30,000 - USD 50,000

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    A bronze figure of Padmapani
    Northeastern India, Pala Period, 12th century
    Standing over a double-lotus base with beaded rims, his right hand lowered in abhaya mudra and his left hand clutching a lotus stem, wearing a short dhoti incised with striations and stippled patterns and secured by a belt with beaded festoons, the hair piled into a high chignon and secured with a tiara tied with ribbons, a thick lock falling on either shoulder, flanked by two tall flowerheads issuing from the base
    6¼ in. (15.5 cm.) high

    Provenance

    Alex Biancardi Collection, London, 1970s

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    Exhibited

    On loan to the Honolulu Academy of Arts, March 2005-March 2008


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