Lot 212
  • 212

A Polychromed Wood Stele of Indra and Indrani

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Wood

Provenance

Pan Asian Collection
Sotheby's New York, March 28, 1991, lot 108

Exhibited

Formerly on loan to the Denver Art Museum

Condition

Good overall condition. Wear and accretion overall. Traces of polychromy and vermilion powder from ritual use throughout. Loss to Garuda's beak at finial, and minor losses to some decorative elements throughout. Scattered 0.5cm woodworming holes at left and center. Scattered cracking at base, near elephant and right and left, at Shiva's left foot, all stable.
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