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Lot 508
A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VASUDHARA
NEPAL, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
21 March 2023, 18:00 EDT
New York

US$30,000 - US$50,000

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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VASUDHARA

NEPAL, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.4509
6 in. (15.3 cm) high

Footnotes

尼泊爾 十二/十三世紀 銅鎏金財源天母像

Portrayed as a beautiful young girl, Vasudhara ("stream of gems") is a beloved goddess of prosperity in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. This Vasudhara's soft, sensuous physique, regalia, and high-copper casting are classic characteristics of the Nepalese aesthetic. A Vasudhara attributed to the 12th century in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.79.9.5) displays similar large encasings for her gemstones, as well as the sutra also arising from a lotus and being held very close to the goddess's head. The nuance to the present example's poise also suggests a 12th-/13th-century dating. By contrast, a 14th-/15th-century example of Vasudhara in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1983.547) provides a good foil for the present example's earlier attribution.

Provenance:
Richard Olson, USA
Private Swiss Collection, acquired in 1970s

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