EIGHT DEVOTIONAL COPPER ALLOY STATUETTES OF HINDU DEITIES
India, 18th and 19th centuries

Comprising three bronze devotional icons of Shaiva content, one with Parvati on a five-headed naga snake, 10.5cm high; another with a seven-headed naga snake protecting a yoni - lingam icon, 6.5cm high; and a Shaiva family gathering with Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha and the bull Nandi, 5.5cm x 3.5cm; two standing bronze icons of the Monkey God, Hanuman, the largest 11.8cm high; a bronze icon of a Dancing Krishna on a lotus pedestal, 14.2cm high; another bronze icon with enthroned Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi, 10.8cm high; and a brass icon of Rama and Sita, with Rama's bow and Vishnu's club lying at the front of the lotus pedestal, 9.8cm high.