A Central or South Indian copper alloy Virabhadra altar with Daksha and Sati. 19th century - image-1
A Central or South Indian copper alloy Virabhadra altar with Daksha and Sati. 19th century - image-2
A Central or South Indian copper alloy Virabhadra altar with Daksha and Sati. 19th century - image-1A Central or South Indian copper alloy Virabhadra altar with Daksha and Sati. 19th century - image-2

Lot 8 Dα

A Central or South Indian copper alloy Virabhadra altar with Daksha and Sati. 19th century

Auction 1226 - overview Cologne
21.06.2023, 10:30 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.134 € (incl. premium)
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A Central or South Indian copper alloy Virabhadra altar with Daksha and Sati. 19th century

Inserted into a stepped base with balustrade, in the center Virabhadra, a form of Shiva, standing on a lotus cushion in his two main hands shield and sword, his secondary hands holding an object (perhaps the bow) and a trisula. To his left the ram-headed Daksha with both hands in anjalimudra, to his right Shiva's wife, Sati, hands also held in anjalimudra. Inserted behind the three figures a prabhatorana with a naga spreading its five heads protectively over Virabhadra and a kirttimukha mask at the top. A total of five parts.
Total height 44.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, The Netherlands, acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 7./8.12.2007, lot 608