A BLACK STONE FIGURE OF KRISHNA

Description:

North-East India, probably Orissa region, 18th/ 19th cent.
H. 51 cm
Standing with legs crossed on a lotus base, both hands originally holding the separate made flute, naked, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, well-defined lips, pierced elongated earlobes and his hair combed in a knot on top of his head, traces of red puja, eyes partly inlaid in silver.
Northern German private collection, according to the owners, assembled by a family memebr before 1970 - Very minor traces of age