A Pala black stone stele of Vishnu. Northeastern... Lot 4
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A Pala black stone stele of Vishnu. Northeastern India, Bengal. 12th century
The four armed Vishnu stands in samapada on a double lotus base, to his sides Lakshmi with a flywhisk and Sarastvai with a vina, beside them a small figure. The right main hand in varada mudra, the left hand is missing, in the upper hands gada and chakra, a long garland reaches down to the knees, the plith with adorants, the backslab with elefants, lions, makara heads, hamsa birds, apsara and a kirtmukha at the top.
Height 44.5 cm
Provenance
Private collection, The Netherlands, acquired at Christie´s, Amsterdam, 12.10.1993, lot 99
Literature
Compare a very similar stele in the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, illustrated in: Claudine Bautze-Picron, The Art of Eastern India, Berlin 1998, no. 214
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