Page 51 - 2020 Sept 22 Himalayin and Indian Works of Art Sotheby's NYC Asia Week

9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 337

A GILT COPPE R ALLOY FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA , TIBETO - CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD

PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAISHRAVANA
TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY

Height 3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm)

the deity cast in lalitasana atop a recumbent snow lion, clad in plate armor and a billowing sash, the left hand holding a mongoose,
the right poised to hold a banner, the stern face framed by a curly beard and a furrowed brow, crowned with a five-pointed diadem

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13692.

Provenance
Acquired in India or Nepal, circa 1970s

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