A Bihar Nalanda style bronze figure of the eight-armed Marichi. 10th/11th century - image-1

Lot 548 Dα

A Bihar Nalanda style bronze figure of the eight-armed Marichi. 10th/11th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
09.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Indian Bronzes from the Günter Heil Collection / Japanese Art
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.500 €
Result: 3.596 € (incl. premium)
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A Bihar Nalanda style bronze figure of the eight-armed Marichi. 10th/11th century

A Bihar Nalanda style bronze figure of the eight-armed Marichi striding in pratyalidhasana over a lotus base, wearing a long dhoti secured with a belt, her eight arms holding various barely identifiable attributes, her main and seven sows, within an arch surmounted by an umbrella. 10th/11th century.
Height 18.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Günter Heil (1938-2014), Berlin, acquired at Sotheby’s, New York, 20.3.1997, lot 282

Literature

Published in: Claudine Bautze-Picron, Between Sakyamuni and Vairocana: Marici, Godess of Light and Victory, in: Silk Road Art and Archaeology 7 (2001), p. 263-310, fig. 16