VISHNU STELE INDIA SENA PERIOD, XIE - XI CENTURY Chloritoschist Depicted... Lot 17

VISHNU STELE INDIA SENA PERIOD, XIE - XI CENTURY Chloritoschist Depicted standing, holding the club (gada), the disk (chakra), the conch shell (shanka) and his fourth hand in a gesture of giving (varada mudra). He is accompanied by Lakshmi and Saraswati, vidyadharas and several fantastic creatures populate the background of the stele. A chloritoschist stele of Vishnu India - Sena dynasty, 11th - 12th century H. 105 cm Provenance : - Former Pierre and Claude Vérité collection, Enchères Rive Gauche sale, October 18, 2009, lot 37 Reference: - A similar bas-relief is kept at the Musée Guimet and reproduced in Amina Okada, Indian Sculptures from the Musée Guimet, 200, p. 147 - Vincent Lefèvre and Marie-Françoise Boussac, Chefs-d'œuvre du delta du Gange, collections des Musées du Bangladesh, 2007, p. 224, figure 82 - Jacques Gendron, Poésie de la pierre indienne, 1971, p. 160