Indian Brass Shrine | Virabhadra with Daksha and Sati

South Asia, India, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A five-piece freestanding brass shrine depicting Virabhadra, the fierce emanation of Shiva, flanked by Daksha and Sati. The central crowned figure of Virabhadra stands with four arms, holding a sword and rectangular shield in the lower hands and a bow and arrow in the upper pair, the figure accented with ornaments and sacred thread. To his proper right is Daksha, the goat-headed figure shown with hands in anjali mudra (gesture of devotion), and to his proper left stands Sati, Shiva's wife and daughter of Daksha. The three figures are slotted individually into a tiered South Indian base engraved with geometric detailing. Behind them rises the cast prabhavali (arch), topped by a kirtimukha mask and crowned with a five-headed naga canopy, symbolic of divine protection. Size: 2.8" L x 6" W x 7.4" H (7.1 cm x 15.2 cm x 18.8 cm) Item # 197500

Estimate:$1,400

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