Lot 254 Dα

A Central Indian dark grey stone pilaster. 11th century

Carved in three registers at the bottom with the figure of a standing Vishnu with a lotus, shanka, a chakra and a gada in his hands, surmounted by a seated Vishnu holding the same attributes in a different order with two female figures at his sides, and a very similar figurecomposition above. On the right set back from the main pilaster at the bottom a female figure with a lotus, Krishna as a boy and a lion standing on the trunk of an elephant.
Height 62.5 cm