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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1105 A BRONZE FIGURE OF DEVI
INDIA, PROBABLY ORISSA, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER

Standing with the right leg crossed over the left, clad in a short dhoti and
adorned with armlets and necklaces, the round face with large almond-
shaped eyes and fanked by circular earrings, the hair arranged in a short
bun suspending a long tassel down the back
10æ in. (27 cm.) high, 12Ω in. (31.2 cm.) high with tang, softwood stand
$1,500-2,500

PROVENANCE
Collection of Alice Boney, Tokyo, by 1970.
The Irving Collection, no. 801, by 1980.
LITERATURE
H. Munsterberg, Art of India and Southeast Asia, New York, 1970, p. 142.

印度 或為奧里薩邦 十七世紀或以後 銅提毗立像

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