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735  |  A NEPALESE BRONZE
                  FIGURE OF GREEN TARA                                                                                                      738  |  A RUBY-INLAID
                                                                                                                                                  GILT BRONZE
            Nepal, 19th – 1st half of 20th century.                                                                                               FIGURE
            Seated on an unsealed double lotus                                                                                                    OF SARASVATI
            base in lalitasana, flanked by closed                                                                                                 PLAYING
            lotus stems, wearing a dhoti and                                                                                                      THE VINA
            elaborate jewelry around the neck and
            arms as well as on the ears, the figure                                                                                         Himalayas, 20th century.
            with finely chased decorations.                                                                                                 The deity seated in royal
                                                                                                                                            ease and playing the vina,
                                                                                                                                            a stringed instrument,
            Condition: Good condition with minor                                                                                            adorned with jewelry, inlaid
            wear and few small losses, fine patina.                                                                                         with ruby corundum and
            Provenance: German private                                                                                                      other semi-precious stones,
            collection.                                                                                                                     her hair and crown finely
                                                                                                                                            incised. Modern wood base.
            Weight: 2,430 g                                                                                                                 (2)
            Dimensions: Height 29.3 cm.

            Estimate EUR 1.200,-                                                                                                            Condition: Good condition
            Starting price EUR 600,-                                                                                                        with minor wear, the gilt
                                                                                                                                            partly abraded, with minor
                                                                                                                                            dents and nicks.
                                                                                                                                            Provenance: French private
                                                                                                                                            collection.

                                                                736  |  A NEPALESE BRONZE FIGURE OF                                         Weight: 3,718 g in total.
                                                                      GREEN TARA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY                                         Dimensions: Height 35.7 cm.
                                                                                                                                            Estimate EUR 1.500,-
                                                                Nepal, 18th – 19th century. Seated in lalitasana on
                                                                                                                                            Starting price EUR 750,-
                                                                an unsealed openwork lotus base, from which lotus
                                                                stems spring flanking the arms, dressed in a dhoti and
                                                                adorned with jewelry, the serene face with downcast
                                                                eyes surmounted by a three-leaf tiara in front of a high
                                                                chignon.
                                                                Condition: Good condition with minor wear and small                         739  |  A NEPALESE COPPER AND SILVER REPOUSSÉ   740  |  A NEPALESE BRONZE FIGURE OF INDRA,
                                                                dents and nicks, good patina.                                                     FIGURE OF DURGA MAHISHASURA MARDINI,          18th-19th CENTURY
                                                                Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert                                  18TH-19TH CENTURY
                                                                (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family.                                                                         Nepal, 18th – 19th century. The massive bronze with
                                                                Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first                    Nepal, 18th – 19th century. Within a ring of fire that seems   semiprecious stone inlays depicting the deity seated in
                                                                governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia,                      to extend from her radiating eighteen arms, showing various   maharajalilasana (royal ease), dressed in a dhoti, adorned with
                                                                Croatia and Slovenia.                                                       mudras and holding weapons and other attributes, the goddess   jewels and a crown, the left hand holding a flower stem with a
                                                                                                                                            Durga slays the buffalo demon Mahishasura, one of her feet   vajra on top and rising over the shoulder.
                                                                Weight: 332.4 g.                                                            resting on a Buddhist lion. Unsealed.
                                                                Dimensions: Height 11.2 cm.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting flaws as
                                                                Estimate EUR 1.000,-                                                        Condition: Extensive wear and minor losses, traces of gilt, patina   well as a fine patina.
                                                                Starting price EUR 500,-                                                    and soil encrustation.                         Provenance: French private estate.
                                                                                                                                            Provenance: Czech private collection.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Weight: 1,300 g.
                                                                                                                                            Weight: 53.5 g.                                Dimensions: Height 14.6 cm.
            737  |  A NEPALESE                                                                                                              Dimensions: Height 10.2 cm.
                  BRONZE JAMBHALA,                                                                                                                                                         Estimate EUR 800,-
                  19th CENTURY                                                                                                              Estimate EUR 800,-                             Starting price EUR 400,-
                                                                                                                                            Starting price EUR 400,-
            Nepal. The god of wealth Jambhala
            sitting on an ornate pedestal, holding
            a jewel in his right hand and a
            jewel-spitting mongoose in his left;
            surrounded by wafting heavenly bands.
            The base sealed and with a double-
            vajra symbol.

            Condition: Good condition with old
            wear and good natural patina.
            Provenance: Austrian Private
            collection.
            Weight: 562 g.
            Dimensions: Height 13.5 cm.

            Estimate EUR 700,-
            Starting price EUR 350,-




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