Four South Indian bronze figures of Vishnu. 17th/19th century - image-1

Lot 517 Dα

Four South Indian bronze figures of Vishnu. 17th/19th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
09.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Indian Bronzes from the Günter Heil Collection / Japanese Art
Estimate: 700 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.860 € (incl. premium)

Four South Indian bronze figures of Vishnu. 17th/19th century

Four South Indian bronze figures of Vishnu, a) Lakshmi Narayana, Vishnu with Lakshmi on his thigh seated on a coiled five-headed naga who protectively spreads out its heads, on a stepped base with Garuda kneeling in front of it. Inserted arch missing, b) Vishnu, the main hands in mudra, the other hands holding chakra and shanka, inserted into a stepped base and at the back an inserted naga, c) Vishnu with his consorts, Shri Devi and Bhu Devi, the hands holding padma, shankha, chakra and gada, and d) Vishnu standing on a lotus, the right hand in varada mudra, the left hand simhakarna mudra, the two other hands hold chakra and shankha. 17th/19th century. (4)
Height 9.3 to 12.2 cm

Provenance

Collection Günter Heil (1938-2014), Berlin