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NÉPAL XVIIe - XVIIIe SIÈCLE
The item was sold for 31 200 €
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NÉPAL XVIIe - XVIIIe SIÈCLE
Upper part of a throne of a deity (torana) in embossed copper alloy, gilded and enhanced with polychromy, decorated with Garuda, mount of Vishnu, represented with spread wings, flanked by the snake Gulka and his companion Adisesa and holding between the talons two dying makaras at the ends, the upper edge underlined with stylized flames and a string of pearls. H. 61 cm - L. 94 cm (Old restorations, missing pieces, breaks and wear) PROVENANCE - Sale, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art, Christie's, Amsterdam, October 18, 1995, lot 302 - Private collection, France (acquired during the previous sale and then by descent) RELATED WORK Our work is to be compared with three fragments of toranas preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (Inv. IM.142 to B-1926).
Upper part of a throne of a deity (torana) in embossed copper alloy, gilded and enhanced with polychromy, decorated with Garuda, mount of Vishnu, represented with spread wings, flanked by the snake Gulka and his companion Adisesa and holding between the talons two dying makaras at the ends, the upper edge underlined with stylized flames and a string of pearls. H. 61 cm - L. 94 cm (Old restorations, missing pieces, breaks and wear) PROVENANCE - Sale, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art, Christie's, Amsterdam, October 18, 1995, lot 302 - Private collection, France (acquired during the previous sale and then by descent) RELATED WORK Our work is to be compared with three fragments of toranas preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (Inv. IM.142 to B-1926).