Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A NEPALESE CARVED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT

C.12TH CENTURY

Worked in relief with a deity standing between two pillars in an archway upon a pedestal with his feet apart and one knee bent, wearing a tall crown, large earrings and a necklace, with an aureola framing his head, all below an elaborate frieze, with traces of blue and red pigment to the surface, 57cm.

Provenance: from a Belgian private collection.