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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF
JOHANNES DUTT
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF
PARVATI
Southern India, Vijayanagar Period,
Circa 15th Century
the devi standing in tribhanga on an
inverted lotus base, her pendent left hand
in lola mudra, the right hand raised in
katakahastamudra and holding the stem of
an budded lotus flower, the rounded face
with full lips, Grecian nose and almond-
shaped eyes underscored by arched
eyebrows, wearing a decorative band
around the forehead and crown around
her mounted conical shaped hair, adorned
with armbands, bracelets and a broad
beaded necklace and a meditation strand
falling between her ample breasts, wearing
a dhoti patterned with rosettes and
secured with a beaded belt and decorated
with a flourishing sash fastened in a loop
to the left hip
Height 20 in. (50.8 cm.)

PROVENANCE
Acquired 1975.
Compare the rosette patterns of the
dhoti to an earlier bronze Parvati, see Van
Alphen, J; Cast for Eternity, p. 52. fig. 5.

$ 30,000-50,000

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