India. Ca. 19th c. or earlier. Bronze with residue of gilding. Standing in elegant tribhanga on a lotus base. A sheer dhoti clings in wavy folds to her legs. Her hips are adorned with numeruous belts and perl strings, which hang to her thighs. Her hair is pinned up high and decorated with jewels and pearls, likewise her arms and feet. Her youthful body is shown in sensuous forms, her face is cut expressive. Weight 19,76kg, height 75cm. Condition A/B.
Provenance: -Collection Dr. Wolfgang Schumann, Indologist and author of numerous reference books on Buddhism and India. Lived in India from 1960, German Consul General in Bombay 1988-93. Got 2000 awarded with the Rabindranath Tagore Culture Price for Literature.