A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF KRISHNAVATI

Lot 2012
03.11.2025 00:00UTC +08:00
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HKD 800 000
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Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 1472833
Lot 2012 | A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF KRISHNAVATI
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HKD 800 000 – 1 200 000
A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF KRISHNAVATI
NEPAL, DATED 1672
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high




Provenance

The Sporer Collection, New Jersey, acquired by 4 March 1973
Christie’s New York, 15 September 2015, lot 46
Nyingjei Lam Collection, Hong Kong



Engraved

The inscription around the lower rim of the base reads
text transliteration should appear as:
सम्वत ७९२ फागुण शुक्ल पादु सोमबार थ्व कुन्हु कृष्णवतिया सालिक दयका
Samvat 792 pha-gun a s'ukla; pa-du somaba-ra thva kunhu krishna-vatiya- sa-lika dayaka.
On the first of the bright half on Phalgun, a Monday, in the year 792 (1672), on this day (this) portrait of Krishnavati was made.
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