A LARGE SANDSTONE STELE OF SHIVA, CENTRAL INDIA, 10TH-11TH CENTURY

A LARGE SANDSTONE STELE OF SHIVA, CENTRAL INDIA, 10TH-11TH CENTURY
Powerfully carved with Shiva standing in tribhanga within an arched niche supported by columns, the arch deeply carved with a foliate design, richly adorned with beaded jewelry and wearing an elaborate headdress. The serene face with almond-shaped eyes, elegantly curved brows, full lips, and mustache, flanked by long pendulous earlobes.
Provenance:
French trade.
Condition:
Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, few structural cracks, nicks, scratches.
Dimensions: Height 72 cm
Auction result comparison:
Compare a closely related stele, 95.8 cm high, also dated 10th-11th century, at Christie's New York in Indian and Southeast Asian Art on 18 September 2013, lot 214,
sold for USD 20,000
.