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A MOULDED HIGH-RELIEF AND OPENWORK DEVOTIONAL BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE SHAIVA DEITY, BHAIRAVA AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Nepal or Himalayan Foothills, North India, 17th - 18th century Of rectangular shape, the front featuring a figural composition moulded in high relief depicting the ferocious and frightful four-armed avatara of Shiva known as Bhairava, associated with annihilation, standing in the centre on a double lotus pedestal under a flaming arch, each hand holding one of his typical attributes including the Pinaka bow, the Pashupatastra arrow, a sword, and a piece of rectangular cloth, possibly to be used as a noose, embellished with a garland of severed heads, flanked by two devotees, at the top next to the arch a seven-headed naga serpent and a ferocious kirtimukha, flanked by two Nandi bulls next to Shaiva lingas, with a curved, braided handle at the back, possibly a later addition, 19.5cm x 14cm.
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A MOULDED HIGH-RELIEF AND OPENWORK DEVOTIONAL BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE SHAIVA DEITY, BHAIRAVA AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Nepal or Himalayan Foothills, North India, 17th - 18th century Of rectangular shape, the front featuring a figural composition moulded in high relief depicting the ferocious and frightful four-armed avatara of Shiva known as Bhairava, associated with annihilation, standing in the centre on a double lotus pedestal under a flaming arch, each hand holding one of his typical attributes including the Pinaka bow, the Pashupatastra arrow, a sword, and a piece of rectangular cloth, possibly to be used as a noose, embellished with a garland of severed heads, flanked by two devotees, at the top next to the arch a seven-headed naga serpent and a ferocious kirtimukha, flanked by two Nandi bulls next to Shaiva lingas, with a curved, braided handle at the back, possibly a later addition, 19.5cm x 14cm.
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