A Sandstone Fragment of a Conch Bearer and Kneeling Attendant, Central India, 9th/10th Century

Property From the Collection of Howard and Jane Cohen, Baltimore

A Sandstone Fragment of a Conch Bearer and Kneeling Attendant 

Central India, 9th/10th Century

Height 19 in. (48.3 cm)

the central celestial figure standing in tribhanga, his arm cradling a conch shell, elaborately ornamented in strings of necklaces, armbands and wearing a festooned dhoti, his hair arranged in loose undulating waves pulled back in a low chignon, a figure above him kneeling within a niche created by a spiraling vine, below a kneeling royal figure in a pose of supplication with hands folded in prayer, with a smaller attendant figure beside