An Orissa or West Bengali brass figure of Krishna Venugopala. 18th/19th century - image-1

Lot 610 Dα

An Orissa or West Bengali brass figure of Krishna Venugopala. 18th/19th century

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 11:30 - India/South East Asia, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.500 € (incl. premium)

An Orissa or West Bengali brass figure of Krishna Venugopala. 18th/19th century

Standing in an elegant dancing pose on a lotus above a disc with a beaded rim, his hands holding a flute (replaced in bronze) and wearing ornate sandals at his feet. Two fingers broken.
Height 23.6 cm

Literature

Compare: Arts of Bengal, London/Manchester 1979, cat. no. 30, ill. p. 24