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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	[es-ES]Details[es-ES] Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Número del objetoS1959-0014-001-0 TítuloStanding Indra DescripciónReligious figure. 2 columns/pillars on both sides. Elephant face on the left bottom. Indra, standing with a thunderbolt in his left hand. At his feet kneels his mount 'Airavata. The white elephant who sprung from the churning of the milk ocean. This sculpture, together with Chamardharini (Lady bearing a fly whisk) in our collection (S1964-0035-001-0) “bear stylistic affinity to the nearly ruined site of Abaneri in Rajasthan from where very elongated, slender images have been found. The tribhanga in their torsos is almost identical and they bear a certain relaxed repose, which tends to suggest a common pedigree, originating from the same guild of craftsmen. Sculptures of this style can be seen at the Harshamata temple complex in Abaneri, Rajasthan as well as the Amber Archaeological Museum; they are dateable to the first half of the 9th century. According to Darielle Mason, these sculptures epitomize the Cahamana-Pratihara carving from Sapadalaksha, an area of northeastern Rajasthan located between Jaipur and Mathura.” (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 29) Lugar de producciónIndia, Rajasthan Periodo de producción9th C Nombre del objetoClassical Sculpture MaterialSandstone Dimensiones H: 59 cm L: 28.6 cm W: 12 cm Línea de créditoDonated by the Indian Government

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Número del objetoS1959-0014-001-0

TítuloStanding Indra

DescripciónReligious figure. 2 columns/pillars on both sides. Elephant face on the left bottom. Indra, standing with a thunderbolt in his left hand. At his feet kneels his mount 'Airavata. The white elephant who sprung from the churning of the milk ocean. This sculpture, together with Chamardharini (Lady bearing a fly whisk) in our collection (S1964-0035-001-0) “bear stylistic affinity to the nearly ruined site of Abaneri in Rajasthan from where very elongated, slender images have been found. The tribhanga in their torsos is almost identical and they bear a certain relaxed repose, which tends to suggest a common pedigree, originating from the same guild of craftsmen. Sculptures of this style can be seen at the Harshamata temple complex in Abaneri, Rajasthan as well as the Amber Archaeological Museum; they are dateable to the first half of the 9th century. According to Darielle Mason, these sculptures epitomize the Cahamana-Pratihara carving from Sapadalaksha, an area of northeastern Rajasthan located between Jaipur and Mathura.” (Past, Present , Beyond: Re-nascence of an Art Collection, Page 29)

Lugar de producciónIndia, Rajasthan

Periodo de producción9th C

Nombre del objetoClassical Sculpture

MaterialSandstone

Dimensiones

H: 59 cm
L: 28.6 cm
W: 12 cm

Línea de créditoDonated by the Indian Government