22nd May, 2019 12:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 88
 

88

A BRONZE FIGURE OF NARASIMHA

A BRONZE FIGURE OF NARASIMHA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the lion headed avatar of Vishnu seated on a raised throne, holding his consort sitting on his knee, his two right hands in abhaya mudra and holding a cakra, 8cm high; together with a small figure of a Hindu goddess, possibly Lakshmi, Tamil Nadu, South India, 18th/19th century, seated in sattvasana on a lotus, her primary hands in abhaya and varada mudra, her upper hands holding conch and noose, 5cm high (2)

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF NARASIMHA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the lion headed avatar of Vishnu seated on a raised throne, holding his consort sitting on his knee, his two right hands in abhaya mudra and holding a cakra, 8cm high; together with a small figure of a Hindu goddess, possibly Lakshmi, Tamil Nadu, South India, 18th/19th century, seated in sattvasana on a lotus, her primary hands in abhaya and varada mudra, her upper hands holding conch and noose, 5cm high (2)