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A PAIR OF CAST COPPER PLAQUES OF DURGA These finely cast plaques depict two manifestations of the Hindu
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY goddess Durga, a powerful incarnation of the Mother Goddess (Devi).
With remains of gilding. According to the Garuda Purana she can have four, eight, twelve,
Himalayan Art Resources item nos.16918 & 16919 eighteen, or twenty-eight arms, and Durga is represented in many ways
9 in. (22.8 cm), the larger in Nepal. She is often shown standing in pratyalidhasana, a dramatic
pose with one foot raised and the other extended, as in both panels.
$10,000 - 15,000 In one, she steps on her lion mount while holding a sword, shield, and
bowl, and in the other she steps on Garuda while holding a discus,
尼泊爾 十八世紀 難近母銅像二尊 staff, and bowl. Compare the elongated lotus petals and stylized flame
mandorla to a repoussé panel of Durga sold at Bonhams, New York, 13
March 2017, lot 3050.

Provenance
Soo Tze Orientique, Melbourne, 2000s

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