Seated in the graceful pose of rajalilasana (royal ease), the right hand elegantly resting aginst his knee in vitarkamudra, the left hand placed behind his left thigh holding a lotus stem, with his principal attribute of the thunderbolt supported by a lotus flower (padmastha ayudha). He is dressed in a dhoti, the upavita worn diagonally across the body, over the left shoulder, and adorned with jewels, the urna horizontal, hair styled in a bun enhanced with /bearing his characteristic crescent shaped crown. Dimensions Height 16.5 cm Literature Compare to another but earlier bronze of Indra from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, illustrated in Pratapaditya Pal, The Arts of Nepal, Leiden 1974, cat. no. 246 Provenance From a private estate, North Rhine-Westphalia Notes VAT: Margin scheme