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IMPORTANT PILIER EN GRES REPRESENTANT
UNE NYMPHE CELESTE
INDE CENTRALE, XIEME SIECLE

Elle est représentée en tribhanga sous un arbre tenant
un lotus dans ses mains. Elle est parée de bijoux
opulents ; restauration.
Hauteur : 94 cm. (37 in.), socle

€60,000-80,000 $66,000-87,000
£54,000-72,000

PROVENANCE:

With Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, Paris, 27 June 1984,
and thence by descent in the family.

AN IMPORTANT SANDSTONE PILAR DEPICTING A
CELESTIAL NYMPH STANDING BELOW A TREE

CENTRAL INDIA, 11TH CENTURY

印度中部 十一世紀 砂岩寧芙女神像立柱
來源：
於1984年6月27日購自巴黎古董商Jean-Claude
Moreau-Gobard ，現家族傳承

This fnely sculpted celestial nymph (surasundari)

displays a sensual and voluptuous body, symbol of
fertility and abundance, to her worshippers. She is
benevolent to the devoted, and at the same time protects
the temple where she was placed. The fuid and sensual
lines and subtle modelling of her body were well defned
and lauded by poets of ancient India.

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