A Bihar phyllite fragment of a votive caitya. Northeastern India, Bihar, area of Bodh Gaya. 9th century - image-1

Lot 291 Dα

A Bihar phyllite fragment of a votive caitya. Northeastern India, Bihar, area of Bodh Gaya. 9th century

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 14:00 - Asian Art II incl. The Helmersen Coll. of Chinese Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 4.650 € (incl. premium)
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A Bihar phyllite fragment of a votive caitya. Northeastern India, Bihar, area of Bodh Gaya. 9th century

A Bihar phyllite fragment of a votive caitya with a crowned and bejewelled Buddha seated in meditation on a lotus, his hands holding a pot of madhu, the back of the throne and and a nimber behind the figure within a niche with bulbous pillars supporting a trefoiled arch with scrolls and surmounted by a kirtimukha. At the side a standing Buddha in a niche and a large kirtimukha spitting strings of beads. Northeastern India, Bihar, area of Bodh Gaya. 9th century.
Height 27.5 cm; width 28.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin

Literature

Compare a similar caitya fragment illustrated in: Claudine Bautze-Picron, The Art of Eastern India in the Collection of the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin, Berlin 1998, cat. no.137