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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BARONESS EVA BESSENYEY
(LOTS 601-640 AND LOTS 719-724)

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD
12TH CENTURY
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr. J.R. Belmont, Basel, before 1964,
by repute
Pan-Asian Collection (Christian Humann), before
1977, by repute
Property from the Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth;
Christie’s New York, 21 September 2007, lot 97

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A BRONZE GROUP OF LAKSHMINARAYANA
INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, 12TH CENTURY
10¡ in. (26.4 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
Property from a private collection, Washington D.C.;
Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 292
Lakshminarayana is a manifestation of the Hindu
deity Vishnu depicted together with his consort
Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and abundance. Both
fgures carry the padma or lotus and are supported by
their vahana or vehicle, Garuda. The lotus motifs at
both the large halo and the lower base echo twelfth-
century architectural style from Chamba in Himachal
Pradesh. Compare the stepped base and lotiform
motif with another bronze group of Lakshminarayana
from the collection of Dr. Leo S. Figiel at the Freer and
Sackler Galleries at The Smithsonian Museum of Art
(acc. no. S1992.2).
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