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SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Rama
South India, circa 14th century
Standing on a double-lotus base, his right hand at his side and his left raised with the palm down, dressed in a short dhoti secured with a beaded belt and adorned with various jewelry and the sacred thread, the face with elongated eyes flanked by pendulous earlobes, surmounted by a conical headdress, and backed by a shirashchakra
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
South India, circa 14th century
Standing on a double-lotus base, his right hand at his side and his left raised with the palm down, dressed in a short dhoti secured with a beaded belt and adorned with various jewelry and the sacred thread, the face with elongated eyes flanked by pendulous earlobes, surmounted by a conical headdress, and backed by a shirashchakra
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's London, 19 February 1980, lot 92
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1980
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1980