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A RARE CARVED GREY STONE STELE OF LAKSHMI NARAYANA, NEPAL, 12TH CENTURY
In good condition, only few small pieces missing and minor flakes and chips on the extremities, minor surface wear and other small imperfections, as expected of the period and typical of this type.
Provenance: from a north Italian private collection
51 cm high, 32 cm wide
Provenance: from a north Italian private collection
51 cm high, 32 cm wide
ESTIMATE € 8.000 - 10.000
It is interesting to compare our figure with a stele of Laxmi-Narayan Nepal, 10th-11th Century gray; stone Intended gift of David T. Owsley 142.1990.3 Dallas Museum of Art; and a gilt copper of Lakshimi-Narayan Népal 14th Century of the Visnu androgyne, Népal, Ref. 2MA 6148 in the Musée Guimet, Arts asiatiques ; Paris.
LOTS
152
TWO BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI MARK (2)
TWO BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI MARK (2)
ESTIMATE € 200 - 500
148
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF SINO-TIBETAN IRON MOONFLASK, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY (2)
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF SINO-TIBETAN IRON MOONFLASK, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY (2)
ESTIMATE € 600 - 800