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Copper alloy, gilding, semiprecious stones Nepal 11 th c. 5"3/4 h. (cm.15 h.) |
Vasudhara, goddess of wealth and prosperity, seats gracefully with her foot resting on a lotus. The hair are elegantly arranged in two buns and she wears a three leaf crown studded with stones and bearing Garuda in center.The sensuous body is in elegant bend and covered by a diaphanous dhoti. In her six arms the canonical attributes: water pot, sheaf of grain, book and the gestures of charity and of adoration of Buddha. |