Stele base section with Vasudeva, Subhadra and a third deity Red Sandstone Central India

Deborah and Jack Rosenberg

The piece is a fragment from the base of a stele and is unevenly broken around the edges. On the right figure the nose is chipped, the right thumb is broken, the upper part of the upavita is chipped and the front of the right leg is missing from the thigh to the foot. The central figure has a large chip out of the left cheek and general wear to the face. The figure on the left has a break on the top of the head, a small chip from the nose and the little finger of the left hand as well as the toes on the left foot. No restoration.
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