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EASTERN INDIAN AND KASHMIR SCULPTURE
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
A COPPER ALLOY STUPA
Eastern India, 12th Century
the bell-shaped stupa with beaded edge around
the base surmounted by a double lotus band
and three beaded and rimmed edges, atop sits
a square plinth with a cone-shaped, stepped
harmika, capped with a budding lotus finial and
crowned with a sun and crescent moon flanked
with celestial ribbons; base unsealed
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13625.
Height 8⅜ in. (21.3 cm.)
PROVENANCE
Acquired early 1980’s.
$ 10,000-15,000
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12 SOTHEBY’S
