Strauss & co - 18 November 2019, Cape Town

39 38 40 38 A gilt bronze figure of Vishnu, South India standing in samapada , on a lotus base, his principal right hand raised in abhayamudra and his principal left hand resting by his thigh, his upper hands holding a conch shell and a chakra, wearing a dhoti and elaborate headress, before a removable foliate embossed mandorla , raised on a stepped plinth base, the reverse of the mandorla re-enforced with bracing, 57cm high including base R  -   39 A pair of Chinese embroidered silk panels, 20th century one stitched with a pheasant before a blossoming branch, the other with a magpie standing on rocks amongst blossoming peonies and foliage, framed, staining, 135 by 35,5cm (2) R  -   40 A Hamadan runner, Iran, 1950 condition: fair, some holes, 482 by 110cm R  -   33