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A BUFF SANDSTONE PLINTH FROM AN IMAGE
A BUFF SANDSTONE PLINTH FROM AN IMAGE, CENTRAL INDIA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
carved in relief depicting a small central figure of Nandi on a cloth with a Saivite devotee(?) flanked by a pair of rearing vyalas, columns on either side with further vyalas and elephants at each end, a line of devanagari script along the bottom, mounted
27 x 60 x 13cm
Provenance: From the Estate of the late Aura Josefina Figueroa de Williamson.
The indistinct inscription includes a possible date which appears to read samvat 1012 (956 A.D.)
Sold for £200
A BUFF SANDSTONE PLINTH FROM AN IMAGE, CENTRAL INDIA, 10TH/11TH CENTURY
carved in relief depicting a small central figure of Nandi on a cloth with a Saivite devotee(?) flanked by a pair of rearing vyalas, columns on either side with further vyalas and elephants at each end, a line of devanagari script along the bottom, mounted
27 x 60 x 13cm
Provenance: From the Estate of the late Aura Josefina Figueroa de Williamson.
The indistinct inscription includes a possible date which appears to read samvat 1012 (956 A.D.)