Lot Essay
The inscription at the base gives the date of consecration as 1632.
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A rare stone stele of Vishnantaka
NEPAL, 1632
Details
A rare stone stele of Vishnantaka
Nepal, 1632
With the three-headed deity with his principal hands crossed before his chest and holding a flaming jewel, noose, staff and katvangha in his remaing four radiating arms, standing in alidhasana on the prostrated Ganesha holding his bowl of sweets and a radish, wearing elaborate jewelry and with flaming hair, the arched backplate with a bead and flame border, the inverted lotus base inscribed around the front, all very finely and crisply carved and with fine polish to the stone
19¾ in. (50 cm.) high
Nepal, 1632
With the three-headed deity with his principal hands crossed before his chest and holding a flaming jewel, noose, staff and katvangha in his remaing four radiating arms, standing in alidhasana on the prostrated Ganesha holding his bowl of sweets and a radish, wearing elaborate jewelry and with flaming hair, the arched backplate with a bead and flame border, the inverted lotus base inscribed around the front, all very finely and crisply carved and with fine polish to the stone
19¾ in. (50 cm.) high
Provenance
West Coast Collection, before 2000