AN ALABASTER PANEL DEPCTING KARTIKEYA

Description:

North-West India, ca. 18th c.
28,5 x 22,5 cm
The rectangular panel carved in high relief with Kartikeya seated on a crowned hamsa placed within an arched niche, his eight arms radiating around him and the hands holding the prescribed attributes, wearing various garments including an underskirt secured around the waist by a belt, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes, his hair combed in a chignon with tresses falling on his shoulders and topped with a tiara, traces of gilding and polychrome.
From an old German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 1995 - Minor wear, partially slightly chipped