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A RUBY AND TURQUOISE INLAID GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF INDRA, NEPAL, 15TH-17TH CENTURY
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04月10日 下午5点 开拍
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Superbly cast seated in rajalilasana with his left leg crossed as he leans on his left hand, the right arm resting on his raised knee and held in vitarka mudra, with two lotus stalks rising to his shoulders supporting a vajra and flaming scrollwork. Dressed in a short diaphanous dhoti and adorned with beaded jewelry inlaid with turquoise and rubies. The face with a serene expression marked by heavy-lidded downcast eyes under sinuously incised brows, centered by a horizontal third eye, above full lips forming a gentle smile, flanked by ears adorned with large earrings. The hair arranged in a tall chignon surmounted by a lotus bud and backed by an ornate diadem incised with scrolls. Provenance: From a London dealership, acquired in the local art market. Condition: Very good condition with expected wear and casting irregularities. Scattered tiny nicks and light surface scratches. Rubbing and minor losses to gilt. Minuscule losses to exposed areas. Most of the inlays are later replacements. Weight: 539.7 gDimensions: Height 13 cmIndra is a Vedic god known as the king of all other gods, as well as the deity of war, and of the sky, and exalted as the giver of rain. This very elegantly and intricately modeled bronze is characteristic for the Nepali representation of Indra, seated in the graceful pose of 'Royal Ease' with his principal attribute of the thunderbolt supported by a lotus flower, bearing a crescent-shaped crown, and with the horizontal 'third eye' incised on the forehead. Indra is the lord of the gods who plays an important part in the legends, life and art of Nepal, and the best that the Newari sculptors had to give often went into the making of images of this deity. As Dr. Pratyapadita Pal notes, the representation of Indra seated in rajalilasana is indigenously Nepalese and can be regarded as a local innovation. The posture, crown and jewelry design are all unique features of Nepalese iconographic representations of Indra, the King of the Gods, see Pratapaditya Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum: Volume 2: Arts from the Himalayas and China, New Haven and London, 2003, p. 85, pl. 52.Literature comparison:Compare the posture, hand gestures, jewelry and flower design of a Nepalese gilt copper Indra dated to the 16th century, from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.69.13.4.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's New York, 22 September 2020, lot 321Price: USD 52,920 or approx. EUR 62,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A gilt copper figure of Indra, Nepal, 15th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar posture, mudras, jewelry, and size (13.5 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Paris, 14 June 2024, lot 184Price: EUR 108,000 : A gilt copper figure of Indra, Nepal, 15th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar posture, foliate jewelry, crown, and size (14 cm).

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