A FINE AND LARGE PHYLLITE STONE STELE DEPICTING VISHNU
起拍价
EUR 15,000
估值区间
15.000 - 25.000
尺寸
未知
品相
未知
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Description:
Northeast-India, Pala period, 12th cent.
H. 80 cm (Ohne Stift)
The horse-shoe shaped stele sculpted in high relief with a large figure of Vishnu standing in samapada on a lotus base placed on a throne base decorated with a pair of kneeling worshippers, perhaps the donors, his principle hands showing the varadamudra and holding the shankha, both secondary hands with gada and chakra, wearing dhoti fastened around his waist with a belt, upavita, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below incised arched eyebrows, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his head topped with the kiritamakuta, flanked by his consorts Bhu holding the fly-whisk and Sarasvati the lute, the back section of the throne carved with various animals below the central throne rod and a pair of gandharvas extending offerings to Vishnu above
Southern German private collection - Slightly chipped