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STÈLE DE VISHNU EN PIERRE NOIRE Inde occidentale, Rajasthan ou Gujarat, circa XIIe-XIIIe siècle
12 December 2025, 11:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€1,500 - €2,000
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STÈLE DE VISHNU EN PIERRE NOIRE
Inde occidentale, Rajasthan ou Gujarat, circa XIIe-XIIIe siècle
A BLACK STONE STELE OF VISHNU
Western India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, circa 12th-13th century
31 cm (12 1/4 in.) high
A BLACK STONE STELE OF VISHNU
Western India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, circa 12th-13th century
31 cm (12 1/4 in.) high
Footnotes
Vishnu is depicted in the centre, seated upon an ornate throne in meditation with two blooming lotus stalks curled around his silhouette. On either side, his divine attendants are gracefully posed beside supporting pillars. The sculptural ensemble is framed by an elaborately tiered architectural shrine embellished with foliate motifs and geometric patterned engravings. Vishnu is adorned in a tall headdress and resplendent jewellery, while his attendants wear finely detailed ornaments and draperies. Likely once part of an arch commissioned for a temple, refer to a closely related example of an arched frame for an image of Vishnu from the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian art (1983.8), in Joan Cummins (ed.), Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior, India: Mapin Publishing Pte Ltd, 2011, pp. 68-69, fig. 7. Carved stone images set within individual parikaras were characteristic of Western Indian artistic tradition after the 9th century.
Provenance
Gallery Drees Archeo, Brussels, 2000.
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above;
Thence by descent.
印度西部 拉賈斯坦邦或古吉拉特邦 約十二至十三世紀 黑石毗濕奴碑
來源
Drees Archeo 畫廊，布魯塞爾，2000 年
比利時私人收藏，購於上者
後由家族傳承