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Auction archive: Lot number 52

A mottled red sandstone head and a torso of Vishnu

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$1,500
Auction archive: Lot number 52

A mottled red sandstone head and a torso of Vishnu

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$1,500
Beschreibung:

A mottled red sandstone head and a torso of Vishnu
INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, MATHURA, 2ND-4TH CENTURY
A mottled red sandstone head and a torso of Vishnu India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, 2nd-4th century The head carved on two sides with bold features, pursed lips and bulbous nose, the hair flaring upwards; the torso holding a conch shell in his left hand and a lotus bud in his right, wearing a dhoti with a scarf around his shoulders 10 in. (25.4 cm.) and 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 52
Auction:
Datum:
21 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
21 September 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A mottled red sandstone head and a torso of Vishnu
INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, MATHURA, 2ND-4TH CENTURY
A mottled red sandstone head and a torso of Vishnu India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, 2nd-4th century The head carved on two sides with bold features, pursed lips and bulbous nose, the hair flaring upwards; the torso holding a conch shell in his left hand and a lotus bud in his right, wearing a dhoti with a scarf around his shoulders 10 in. (25.4 cm.) and 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 52
Auction:
Datum:
21 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
21 September 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
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