A Tamil Nadu copper alloy figure of Vakyana Dakshinamurti. 17th/19th century - image-1

Lot 402 Dα

A Tamil Nadu copper alloy figure of Vakyana Dakshinamurti. 17th/19th century

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
15.06.2018, 11:00 - Chinese, Tibet/Neapel, India, Southeast Asia
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 2.108 € (incl. premium)

A Tamil Nadu copper alloy figure of Vakyana Dakshinamurti. 17th/19th century

A Tamil Nadu copper alloy figure of Vakyana Dakshinamurti with a third eye on his forehead, seated with the left foot resting on the right thigh on a stylized mountain, the main hands in mudra, the upper hands holding shanka and an antilope, the hair piled high shaping a half circle, the conquered demon Raktabija beneath Shiva's right foot. 17th/19th century. Traces of a black lacquer patina.
Height 12.6 cm

Provenance

Collection Leo Verleye (1914-1990), Belgium, acquired mainly in Belgium in the years between 1945 and 1970, thence by descent