Stela · North India · ID: 3036831
Ingrid Richter, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Description
grey stone, depiction of “vishnu” in the centre, his four arms symbolizing his omnipotence, his attributes are a disk “chakra”, club “gada” and shell “sankha”, he is wearing a conical crown “kirita-mukata”, ear adornments “makara-kundalas”, necklaces and bracelets and a loincloth, he is flanked by his wives “lakshmi” and “bhunidevi”, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion
The object Stela with the object ID 3036831 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 25 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,000.
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