An exquisite Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Vasudhara. 18th century
An exquisite Nepalese gilt bronze figure of the six-armed Vasudhara, the goddess of fertility and wealth, seated at ease on a lotus base, holding in her hands a manuscript, an ear of grain, a treasure vase, a jewel, the rosary of the upper right hand lost, and the lower right hand in varada mudra. Incised with Tibetan script along the base. The sealed base cast separately. 18th century.
Height 18.3 cm
Private collection Johan (1925-2003) and Ursula Strebel
Johann Strebel was born in Hamburg in February 1925, the son of Dr. Otto Strebel, director of the Hemmoor cement factory. In 1951 the qualified cement retailer married Ursula Oschewski (b. 1.9.1925), daughter of the goldsmith Kurt Olschewski who ran a jewellery business under the same name in Wiesbaden. In 1954 the jewellery business in Wilhelmstrasse changed its name to Strebel-Olschewski.
By procuring precious stones for the jeweler's shop, Johann and Ulla Strebel developed a fascination for Asian cultures and acquired valuable works of art on their many travels throughout Asia between 1955 and 1980, a time when travel in these countries was particularly arduous and uncomfortable.
Asian works of art were sold alongside the jewellery in the shop, but the couple also built up a private collection, with a wide cultural interest ranging from Tibet through South East Asia to Japan.
十八世紀 尼泊爾 銅鎏金財源天母坐像
來源：德國威斯巴登Johann與Ursula Strebel