A GROUP OF NINE BRONZE DEVOTIONAL MINIATURE ICONS (MURTI) AND SEVEN INDIAN BRONZE RITUAL VESSELS
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION
India, 18th - 20th century

Comprising nine bronze devotional icons, each of compact miniature size, including two Dancing Krishna; Kali standing on Shiva's corpse; another version of Kali devouring a Demon; Standing Hanuman; Crawling Bala Krishna; Enthroned Vishnu and Lakshmi; and two more, the tallest 17cm high; a rounded lime paste container, 6cm diam.; a betel nut cracker decorated with two female dancers with naked torso, 14cm long; three ritual spoons, two with Krishna dancing on the Snake Demon Kaliya, the largest 16cm long; and two devotional dipak (candle light) holders, the panel at the back engraved with Gaja Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth and Abundance, bathed by two elephants, of circular shape with a protruding cusped front, the largest 13.5cm high and 7.4cm diam.

For a similar lot with several miniature devotional icons, please see these Rooms, 16 April 2021, lot 226.