A GILT COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ PLAQUE DEPICTING UMAMAHESHVARA Nepal, 16^th-17^th century. Shiva is seated atop the holy white bull Nandi, his vehicle, with his wife Uma seated on his left leg, his left arm wrapped around her and his right caressing her chin, a small lion below her, both richly adorned with jewelry and elaborate headdresses, all with fine expressions, and within a beaded border and flames above lotus petals.

Provenance: From an old Parisian private collection.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, minor losses and tears, dents, small nicks, remnants of pigment. Solid, naturally grown patina overall.

Weight: 238.3 g (excl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 20.5 cm (excl. stand)

With an associated metal stand. (2)

Uma-Maheshvara represents the sacred embrace, alingana, of the Lord Shiva joined with the Goddess Uma (Parvati). The Great Ascetic, Shiva, who was overcome with the beauty of Uma, Daughter of the Mountain, succumbed to their union for the benefit of his devotees (S. Kramrisch, Manifestations of Shiva, Philadelphia, 1981, page 57). It is through their sensual relationship that they are meant to become a gateway for the devotee to enter their sacred realm.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related Nepalese gilt bronze figure depicting Umamaheshvara, dated 16^th-17^th century, at Christie’s Paris in Art d’Asie on 9 June 2021, lot 69, sold for EUR 13,750.

銅鎏金錘鍱烏瑪-瑪赫什瓦拉
尼泊爾，十六至十七世紀。濕婆坐在他的座駕神聖的白色公牛上，他的妻子烏瑪坐在他的左腿上，他的左臂摟著她，他的右手撫摸著她的下巴；她下面有一隻小獅子，她配戴著華麗的珠寶和精緻的頭飾，神情優美；後有火焰光背，下有蓮座。

來源：巴黎私人老收藏。
品相：狀況極好，與年齡相稱。磨損、輕微缺損和撕裂、凹痕、小劃痕、顔料餘留。整體自然堅實的包漿。

重量: 238.3 克 (不含底座)
尺寸：高 20.5 厘米 (不含底座)

金屬底座 (2)

拍賣結果比較：比較一件相近的尼泊爾鎏金銅烏瑪-瑪赫什瓦拉，見巴黎佳士得Art d’Asie 2021年6月9日 lot 69, 售價EUR 13,750。