INDIA, ORISSA, 17TH CENTURY

In style and casting technique, the present figure is typical of seventeenth-century brass sculpture from Orissa, in eastern India: the round face is set with wide, almond-shaped eyes, prominent nose, and full lips, and the heavy, solid-cast body displays a powerful physique, with all bodily adornments lotiform in design. Compare the present work with a brass figure of Radha, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 917; while that example predates the present work by a few centuries, they both share the same robust physique and expressive facial features that are characteristic for Orissan sculpture, and demonstrates the continuity of style over a long period.