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Lot 1889

A STONE STELE DEPICTING PROBABLY AMBHIKA

Estimated Value:

2.000 € - 3.000 €

Schätzpreis:

2.000 €

Description:

Central-India, ca. 8th ct.
H. 50,5 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a pedestal below a tree canopy sculpted with a small Jain tirthankara figure to the front, her right hand is holding a lotus-flower while the left embracing a child squatting on her left upper leg demonstrating the namaskaramudra, wearing sari, prominent breasts, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression, pouting lips, her hairdo combed in a chignon and flanked to her left by an apsara offering a garland. Mounted.
Collection Dr. Rainer Kreissl (1924 - 2005) - Important South German private collection, collected before 1990 - Wear, chipped, minor rest.