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AN IMPRESSIVE TERRACOTTA STELE OF MAHAKALA, NEPAL, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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AN IMPRESSIVE TERRACOTTA STELE OF MAHAKALA, NEPAL, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY

Expert authentication: Jean-Luc Estournel has authenticated this lot, noting its similarity to other terracotta pieces coming from the great pottery centers of Patan and Thimi in the Kathmandu valley. A signed copy of Jean-Luc Estournel’s expertise, dated 15 April 1999, confirming the provenance and dating, accompanies this lot.
Jean-Luc Estournel opened his first art gallery in 1984 after studying art history at the école du Louvre and Asian Art at the Musée Guimet, and has been working as an expert for several major French auction houses since 1993. Jean-Luc Estournel is also in charge of the Densatil Project, a ‘catalogue raisonné’ of the relics from the Densatil Monastery in Tibet now dispersed around the world.

Finely carved, the three-headed wrathful protector stands in alidhasana atop a lotus base. The principal hands hold a noose and ghanta, while the secondary arms wield a sword and vajra. Rocj?y is adorned with jewelry and a garland of severed heads. The deity’s bearded faces are fierce, with bulging eyes, furrowed brows, and open mouths revealing sharp teeth and fangs. Flaming hair is secured by a paneled tiara, all framed by an arched foliate throneback.

Provenance: Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, France, 12 April 1999, lot 198. A private collection in France, acquired from the above, and thence by descent.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, with old wear and expected firing irregularities. Few nicks, scratches, chips, losses, minor touchups, remnants of ancient pigments, encrustations. The backside with several firing cracks.

Weight: 5,469 g
Dimensions: Height 34 cm (excl. stand), 36.8 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on a fitted hardwood base. (2)

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related terracotta figure of the guardian king Vaishravana on his lion mount, dated to the 17th century, in the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1995.470. Compare a closely related terracotta figure of Mahagauri, dated to the 17th century, in the National Museum of Nepal.

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