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尺寸：高15.9cm
年代：14世纪
质地：青铜
风格：尼泊尔
来源：拍卖会
成交：8,125美元(2013.09)
参阅：纽约佳士得
鉴赏：
A bronze figure of Vasudhara
Nepal, 14th century
Seated in lalitasana and holding various implements in her six hands, wearing a dhoti with beaded hems and secured with a belt, adorned with multiple necklaces and armbands inset with hardstones, the face flanked by large circular earrings, the hair pulled into a high chignon and secured with a tiara

Vasudhara is the Buddhist goddess of wealth and prosperity. Her gesture of charity and the waterpot and sheaf of grain that she holds are all signifiers of fecundity. For a comparable example, see P. Pal, Art of Nepal, 1985, p. 101, cat. no. S21.

Provenance
Private collection, New York, acquired from Trans Orient Trading by November 1978