A WHITE MARBLE THRONE ARCH, PARIKARA

Description:

North-West-India, ca. 12th/ 13th c.
33 x 94 x 23 cm
The arch of a large throne originally constructed of several parts is sculpted in high relief with the central placed honorific parasol flanked by a pair of elephants with riders, surmounted by a small figure holding the hands in anjalimudra flanked by other figures, the lower register with garland bearers and musicians with each placed in a niche
From an old German private collection, assembled in the late 1980s until 1999 - Chipped, damages due to age