STÈLE REPRÉSENTANT VISHNU ET SA PARÈDRE EN PIERRE NOIRE - photo 1
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STÈLE REPRÉSENTANT VISHNU ET SA PARÈDRE EN PIERRE NOIRE

Lot 196
16.12.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
Classic
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€ 25 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 878414
Lot 196 | STÈLE REPRÉSENTANT VISHNU ET SA PARÈDRE EN PIERRE NOIRE
Estimate value
€ 20 000 – 30 000
STÈLE REPRÉSENTANT VISHNU ET SA PARÈDRE EN PIERRE NOIRE

INDE DU NORD-EST, ÉPOQUE PALA, XIIÈME SIÈCLE

Il est représenté assis en latitasana sur un socle lotiforme placé sur un trône. Il est vêtu d'un court dhoti ceinturé à la taille, son buste et ses bras sont parés de bijoux. Il tient dans ses mains secondaires des tiges de lotus. Ses cheveux sont relevés en chignon haut et son front est ceint d'une tiare. À ses côtés se trouve sa parèdre, également assise en latitasana, son corps nu paré de bijoux. Des divinités les survolent et sont assises devant le trône.

Hauteur : 47 cm. (18 in.)





Provenance

Previously in a private collection, United States of America, by 1999.

Christie's New York, 22 March 2000, lot 15.



Post lot text

A BLACK STONE STELE OF VISHNU
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
Medium:Stone
Place of origin:India
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