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LOT 2508

Copper-Alloy Devotional Plaque with Standing Virabhadra

CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.

11 in. (1.17 kg, 28 cm).

Depicted standing beneath cobra-topped canopy, holding a weapon in each of his four hands; his attendants standing on his side, ram-headed Daksha on his right and Virabhadra’s consort Bhadrakali on his left; handle to the rear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

An important collection of Hindu art formed by the late Jeffery Romer in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 2508

Copper-Alloy Devotional Plaque with Standing Virabhadra

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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