8th Nov, 2023 13:00
Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art
588
AN UNUSUAL LARGE FOLK BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU, HIMACHAL PRADESH, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
the four armed deity standing on a chamfered square base with beaded edges, wearing long necklace and oversize hoop earrings, his head with three-leaf crown, holding conch, discus, mace and lotus, traces of gilt on his chest, face and crown, 36.cm high
Provenance: Jonathan Hope, London, 2007, previously private collection, Germany.
Published: Millner Manolatos VIII (2008), no.17 (catalogue)
For a group of related Himachal bronze images, depicting Durga, see Aryan 2005, p.18ff. See also Postel 1985, fig.253.
Sold for £600
the four armed deity standing on a chamfered square base with beaded edges, wearing long necklace and oversize hoop earrings, his head with three-leaf crown, holding conch, discus, mace and lotus, traces of gilt on his chest, face and crown, 36.cm high
Provenance: Jonathan Hope, London, 2007, previously private collection, Germany.
Published: Millner Manolatos VIII (2008), no.17 (catalogue)
For a group of related Himachal bronze images, depicting Durga, see Aryan 2005, p.18ff. See also Postel 1985, fig.253.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, South East Asian and Himalayan Works of Art, 8th Nov, 2023
