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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF PARVATI
TAMIL NADU, CHOLA PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
20 1/8 in. (51 cm) high

$400,000 - 600,000

Published:
Kunstzaal Van Lier, Sculptures indiennes de la collection C.T. Loo à Paris, 1938, no.5.
Anonymous, Bulletin van de Vereeniging an vrienden der Aziatische Kunst (Maandblad voor de
beeldende kunsten), 1940, Vol.17, pp.63-64, fig.A.
H. F. E. Visser, Asiatic Art in Private Collections of Holland and Belgium, Amsterdam, 1948, p.193,
fig.331.
Anonymous, Kunstbezit van oud-alumni der Leidse Universiteit, 1950, p.62, fig.230.

Exhibited:
Sculptures indiennes de la collection C.T. Loo à Paris, Kunsthandel C. van Lier, Amsterdam, 3
September - 1 October 1938.
Wat onze verzamelaars onlangs hebben verworven, Museum for Asiatic Art, Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam, February 1940.
Kunstbezit van oud-alumni der Leidse Universiteit, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, June
1950.

Provenance:
Collection of C. T. Loo, Paris, acquired by 1938
Collection of Dr. W. M. Houwing, Amsterdam, acquired by 1940
By descent to Private Dutch Collector
Christie’s, Paris, 12 December 2019, lot 237

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