Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art

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Lot 293
  • 293

Virabhadra Copper Alloy India, Vijayanagar Period

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Virabhadra
  • Copper Alloy
  • Height: 3 3/8 in (8.6 cm)
The four-armed figure holding his attributes of (clockwise from lower right) a sword, an arrow, a bow and a shield, standing on a lotus pedestal, wearing a pair of high sandals and a garland of skulls.

Catalogue Note

Virabhadra, a form of Shiva, is equipped to defeat the complex deity Daksha, see A. G. Mitchell, Hindu Gods and Goddesses, London, 1982, Plate 33.