26th Apr, 2023 11:00

Asian & Islamic Works of Art

 
Lot 116
 

116

A SILVER VOTIVE PLAQUE DEPICTING UCHCHAIHSHRAVAS, NORTHERN INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

of rectangular form, the seven headed repousse relief horse depicted in profile with eleven lines of devanagari script inscribed to the left, within a border of boteh motifs, 10.5 x 16cm

Uchchaihshravas, the vehicle of Indra, is described in several Hindu epics including the Mahabharata, in which he emerges from the churning of the ocean of milk.

Sold for £380


 

of rectangular form, the seven headed repousse relief horse depicted in profile with eleven lines of devanagari script inscribed to the left, within a border of boteh motifs, 10.5 x 16cm

Uchchaihshravas, the vehicle of Indra, is described in several Hindu epics including the Mahabharata, in which he emerges from the churning of the ocean of milk.