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Firegilded bronze of one of the Pancharakshas, with nine heads and 18 arms. Nepal, Kathmandu-valley, 16th cent. Height: 15 cm. |
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A fertility goddess This statue is made of terracotta and shows a fertility goddess, which is indicated by her typical crossed legs. In her left arm she originally held a baby (only a small hand is left). Strange is the prominent necklace, which is the famous gold necklace of the Kumari, the 'living Goddess' of the Kathmandu-valley. It seems a contradictio in terminis, because the Kumari should be absolute virgin, while this fertility goddess is a mother by definition. A terracotta figure of exactly the same style is in the Walter-Grounds collection (USA). These two are probably made by the same artist. 14th - 15th cent. Height: 38,5 cm. P.Pal, Icons of Piety, Images of Whimsy, Asian Terra-cottas from the Walter-Grounds Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1987, nr. 41. |
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A model of the Krishna Mandir A rare bronze procession-model of the famous Krishna Mandir in Patan (Kathmandu-valley). To my knowledge this the only one known in the West; in Patan there exist at least another one, slightly smaller. It is a remarkable assembly of smaller cast bronze parts, forming an exact copy of the stone temple, that dates from the 17th cent. Nepal (Patan), early 19th cent. Height: 105 cm. |
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Bhairava, the fierce form of Shiva Carved wood, with traces of paint and offeringpowder. Nepal (Kathmandu-valley), 16th-17th cent. Height: 31 cm. |
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