AN INDIAN BRASS FIGURE OF NANDI, 15th CENTURY Brass India, Himachal Pradesh, 15th century Nandi is reclining on a rectangular platform with one foreleg lifted, wearing beaded jewelry and cowbells around the neck.Nandi, the bull vahana of the Hindu god Shiva is identified as the god’s vehicle since the Kushan dynasty (circa 1st century CE). Most Shaivite temples have the figure of a humped white bull reclining on a raised platform and facing the entrance door of the shrine so that he may perpetually gaze on the god.Shape: Figural Weight: 1,199.5 gramsDimensions: Height 15 cm, length 12.5 cmCondition: good condition with appealing patina and some dents as well as casting imperfections – mainly to bottom rim and one horn Provenance: ex Doris Wiener Gallery New York, 1975 Auction result comparison: Christie’s, The Doris Wiener Collection, New York, 20 March 2012, lot 68 (for the present lot in a group of three).印度南迪黃銅像，十五世紀黃銅 印度，喜马偕尔邦，十五世紀 造型： 人物造型 重量： 1,199.5 克尺寸： 高 15 厘米，長12.5 厘米品相：良好，有銅綠，主要在邊緣部分及角上有一些凹陷和鑄造缺陷來源：前紐約Doris Wiener藝廊，1975