Asian Art II - 13th November 2019
Lot 417
AN INDIAN PINK SANDSTONE CARVING OF VISHNU VAIKUNTHA C.10TH CENTURY The four-armed deity stands...
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Description
AN INDIAN PINK SANDSTONE CARVING OF VISHNU VAIKUNTHA
C.10TH CENTURY
The four-armed deity stands in tribhanga with his right hand raised, depicted in his supreme manifestation with his human face flanked by animal heads, wearing elaborate body jewellery and a tall crown, with a small three-headed figure seated on a pedestal above, all supported on a modern stand, 57cm.
Provenance: from a Belgian private collection, acquired from Henri Berger, Beringen, Belgium in the mid 1980s.
Illustrated: Cultura Basel 2003 catalogue, p.90.