A Bengali stone horizontal stele of Shiva Grahapati. Grauer Stein. Pala dynasty, 10th century - image-1

Lot 598 Dα

A Bengali stone horizontal stele of Shiva Grahapati. Grauer Stein. Pala dynasty, 10th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
09.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Indian Bronzes from the Günter Heil Collection / Japanese Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 4.960 € (incl. premium)
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A Bengali stone horizontal stele of Shiva Grahapati. Grauer Stein. Pala dynasty, 10th century

A Bengali horizontal stone stele of Shiva Grahapati, his mother Sucishmati with a lotus flower in her hand resting languidly on a bed with her son Grhapati lying to her side and a female attendant massaging her foot, two other attendants standing at the narrow end of the bed and fanning her, above a yoni linga, Ganesha, Ambika and another deity, ritual objects underneath the bed. Pala dynasty, 10th century.
Height 22.5 cm; length 51.5 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Hesse, Germany

Literature

Compare very similar stele, published in: Stella Kramrisch, Manifestations of Shiva, Philadelphia 1981, p. 83, no. 68 and in: Claudine Bautze-Picron, The Art of Eastern India, Berlin 1998, p. 93, cat. no. 257, were the female figure is identified as Gauri with Sadyojata Shiva. A similar stele was sold in these rooms on 7./8.6.2002, lot 57