* BRAHMA INDIA, TAMIL NADU - LATE CHOLA PERIOD,... Lot 15

* BRAHMA INDIA, TAMIL NADU - LATE CHOLA PERIOD, XIIE/XIIIE CENTURY Granite Standing figure in high relief on a rectangular stele base. His three faces are smiling. His right hand makes the gesture of fearlessness (abhaya mudra), while his left hand rests along his thigh. He wears a long dhoti tied around his waist. A granite figure of Brahma India, Tamil Nadu - late Chola period, 12th/13th century H. 93.5 cm Provenance : - Former Pierre and Claude Vérité collection, Enchères Rive Gauche sale, October 18, 2009, lot 41 Reference: - Aschwin de Lippe, Indian Medieval Sculpture, 1978, p.326, figure 238 and p.327, figure 239