Five copper alloy figures. Central India, various regions. 19th/20th century - image-1

Lot 48 Dα

Five copper alloy figures. Central India, various regions. 19th/20th century

Auction 1092 - overview Cologne
09.06.2017, 11:00 - Indian, Southeast Asian and Japanese Art
Estimate: 200 € - 400 €
Result: 310 € (incl. premium)

Five copper alloy figures. Central India, various regions. 19th/20th century

Five copper alloy figures of a) Krishna?, wearing a belt with bells, b) a four-armed village deity, c) a village deity with two other figures, d) a village deity with hands held together, perspex base, and e) a village deity with the sacred thread (yajnopavita), standing on a base. Central India, various regions. 19th/20th century. (5)
Height a) 7.5 cm; b) 8 cm; c) 7.4 cm; d) 3 cm; e) 10.5 cm

Provenance

Collection of Günter Heil (1938-2014), Berlin

Literature

b) Compare: A. L. Dallapiccola, Kult und Alltag, Gelbguss in der Volkskunst Indiens, Heidelberg 1984, fig. 163