A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A TANTRIC FORM OF PARVATI, NEPAL, 17th ct., the combined couple of Shiva and Parvati is seated on a prostrating figure placed on a lotus base offering them the contents of the skull nap, their six arms radiating around their body with the hands holding the specific attributes, wearing dhoti, bejewelled and a garland consisting of severed heads, the three heads showing each a ferocious expression with slit eyes below raised eyebrows and the hair combed in a chignon secured with tiaras - Property from a South German private collection, assembled between 1950 and 1980 - Minor wear, slightly chipped Feine und seltene feuervergoldete Bronze einer Form von Parvati NEPAL, 17.Jh. H. 11,2 cm Provenienz: Aus einer süddeutschen Privatsammlung, zwischen 1950 und 1980 erworben - Etwas berieben, minim. best.