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Auction archive: Lot number 233

A black stone stele of Padmapani

Estimate
US$100,000 - US$150,000
Price realised:
US$111,750
Auction archive: Lot number 233

A black stone stele of Padmapani

Estimate
US$100,000 - US$150,000
Price realised:
US$111,750
Beschreibung:

A black stone stele of Padmapani
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
A black stone stele of Padmapani Northeastern India, Pala period, 10th century Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with his pendant foot resting on a separate lotus, his lower right hand in varadamudra and his lower left supporting his weight and holding the stem of a lotus blossoming at his shoulder, with a mala and book in the upper two hands, dressed in a short dhoti and adorned with the sacred thread and various necklaces, the face with elongated and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna and surmounted by a low diadem, the hair in curly locks at the forehead and arranged in a tall chignon fronted by a diminutive image of Amitabha, surrounded by the Buddhist creed and a foliate border 18¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 233
Auction:
Datum:
18 Sep 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
18 September 2013, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A black stone stele of Padmapani
NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
A black stone stele of Padmapani Northeastern India, Pala period, 10th century Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with his pendant foot resting on a separate lotus, his lower right hand in varadamudra and his lower left supporting his weight and holding the stem of a lotus blossoming at his shoulder, with a mala and book in the upper two hands, dressed in a short dhoti and adorned with the sacred thread and various necklaces, the face with elongated and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna and surmounted by a low diadem, the hair in curly locks at the forehead and arranged in a tall chignon fronted by a diminutive image of Amitabha, surrounded by the Buddhist creed and a foliate border 18¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 233
Auction:
Datum:
18 Sep 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
18 September 2013, New York, Rockefeller Center
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