6296. Indian Pala Stone Stele of Parvati

North India, Ca. 9th Century AD.

A carved granite image of the goddess, seated in lalitasana on a cushion; the base carved with her lion and an adorant at the front, her four hands holding the specific attributes, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face with almond-shaped eyes, elongated earlobes with ear rings, hair combed in a chignon and set with a tiara at the front, the shaped arched backslab with a pair of gandharvas at the upper register.

Size 34 in. (86 cm) H. + custom mounted

Provenance Ex European Collection; Ex Christies Amsterdam; Date Oct 18, 2005; Sale Number 2675.

Impressive size, large and early.

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