Details: A handsome and well modelled example of a bronze Vijaynager image of Vishnu Bhogsthankamurti the Hindu god of preservation and balance. Vishnu is standing in Samabhanga on a lotus pedestal supported by a tiered moulded square base with his lower right hand is raised Abhayamudra and his lower left resting gently on his mace, his upper hands that would have held his Chakra and Sankha are unfortunately damaged and the attributes lost. Vishnu is richly adorned with an entire range of jewel ...click for details
Details: A fine quality example of an Indian sandstone head of a Jina. The Tirthankara’s attractively plumb and blissfully contented face is superbly carved with real flair and expression. His bow-like eyebrows are well defined and delicately raised above a pair of well executed thin almond shaped eyes. The Jina’s face is round with chubby cheeks, a hooked Indic nose and a beautifully chubby chin below his full smiling lips, all surmounted by attractive tiers made up of tightly budded shell-like ...click for details
Details: A classical and beautifully proportioned example of an 11th century North East Indian, probably the Bihar region, Pala period phyllite image of the Supreme Dhyani Buddha Vairocana. He is seated in Vajrasana on a double lotus throne with the toes of his feet slightly flexed and his hands poised in the Dharmachakra Mudra, one of his identifying features. He is wearing a pleated close fitting Sanghati and the jewellery denoting his status as one of the five Cosmic Buddhas, made up of an el ...click for details