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AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF ൎᧀḔ ڊ˖ˡ☹ 㛶㕺㘍ㆳ❿ηচӐ
VASUDHARA
ϝᬝ
NEPAL, 13TH CENTURY
4QJOL 4PO -UE 卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ
Seated in lalitasana, her six arms radiating around her holding + 8FMMFT )FOEFSTPOⅧ⻦卿㏹ഁᯧཪՌ卿 ჺ
flowing gems, the vase of amrita, a harvest bundle and a ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ ⽚
manuscript, wearing a closely-fitted dhoti, inlaid with turquoise
+ .FJKFS֖ܿⅧ⻦卿⼵卿 卻۔卼
and glass stones, her face with serene expression and tiara set in
㲞ᳰ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
front of her chignon.
6 in. (16.6 cm.) high ൣ
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000 4QJOL 4PO -UE 卿ٳᘹ卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG /FQBM BOE 5JCFUǷ卿
ჺ ᝲ ᚚ
PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1979 ⮐㙽
Collection of J. Welles Henderson, Pennsylvania, by 1980 4QJOL 4PO -UE 卿Ƕ5IF "SU PG /FQBM BOE 5JCFUǷ卿ٳᘹ卿
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 263 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ
Collection of Mr. & Mrs. J. Meijer, Netherlands, 2008-2013, by
)JNBMBZBO "SU 3FTPVSDF卻IJNBMBZBOBSU PSH卼⣥⛆卿.BTUFSXPSLT
repute
$PMMFDUJPO卿⤔⽚
Private collection, Hong Kong
EXHIBITED
Spink & Son, The Art of Nepal and Tibet, London, 14-31 December
1979
LITERATURE
Spink & Son, The Art of Nepal & Tibet, London 1979, pp. 2-3, fig. 1
Himalayan Art Resource (himalayanart.org), Masterworks
Collection, item no. 24160
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