Large Antique Bronze / Copper Alloy Shrine, Shiva Chandrashekhara, India

Lot description

Large antique patinated bronze/ copper alloy figural shrine, India, modeled as the Hindu supreme lord and destroyer, Shiva, as the Chandrashekhara avatar, wearing a conical headpiece, depicted with four arms, one hand raising a trishula (trident), another hoisting a leaping deer or antelope, and one with a ritual bowl, remaining hand in the Abhaya mudra, seated upon a lotus pedestal, pierced Prabhavali arch backplate, and architectural niches, rising on a stepped square base, in four pieces, approx 26.75"h, 18"w, 13"d, 69.5lbs Provenance: the contents of a retired Wall Street executive's lakeside compound