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Narasimha and Lakshmi Southern India circa 17th-18th century…
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Narasimha and Lakshmi Southern India circa 17th-18th century…
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Estimate €1,200 - €1,800
Voluntary lot
Description
Narasimha and Lakshmi
Southern India circa 17th-18th century
Copper alloy H. 10.5 cm
The avatar of Vishnu as a lion man is represented here seated in a yoga posture (legs crossed by a yoga paddle).
yoga posture (crossed legs held by a yoga patta),
seated on a coiled naga that unfurls its quintuple bonnet of heads above his own.
above his own. He holds up the conch shell and the discus,
and two clubs are placed on either side of the pedestal
on which he rests. Lakshmi is traditionally
sitting on her left knee.
Her eyes are inlaid, probably with silver.
Provenance :
- Collection of Dr P.M.
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