A RARE FINELY CAST COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF ACHALA PALA REVIVAL, 16TH – 17TH CENTURY OR EARLIER |

the wrathful figure depicted kneeling on one knee atop a raised double lotus pedestal, the right arm raised holding a sword above his head and his left hand held at the chest clutching the ends of a pasha noose, clad in a dhoti with his bare chest adorned with snakes and beaded necklaces draped over by a celestial scarf, the intense three-eyed face flanked by a pair of pendulous earrings, with hair gathered into a tall chignon