Details: An excellent example of a Gandhara sandstone head of a Bodhisattva, possibly Maitreya. His face carved with a serene expression, urna, heavy lidded eyes and a smiling mouth. He is wearing an elaborate headdress with floral rosettes woven in between his many beautifully carved curls.
Details: A rare and attractive 11th century Chola period bronze image of the seated Buddha from Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Buddha is sitting in the half lotus posture (Satvaparyankasana), his right leg over his left upon an elaborate multi tiered throne supporting an ornate double lotus pedestal reminiscent of 9th to 10th century Pala pieces. His hands are placed in his lap in the attitude of meditation (Samadhimudra or Dhyanamudra). His monastic garments are arranged so as to leave the righ ...click for details
Details: A decorative and very pretty example of a Picchvai of Krishna as Sri Nathji from Rajasthan, India. Sri Nathji is wearing some ornate beaded necklaces and a lotus garland over his grey and green Chakdarwagha. Below the Sanskrit text, upon his head is a large peacock feather headdress and he is holding the lakut (cow herder's stick) and a lotus in his right hand. The image is backed by a patterned grey background, with the golden Pandan box, betel leaves and a covered pitcher of h ...click for details
Details: A lovely example of a miniature bronze figure of the divinity Ganesha from Southern India. In this image he has a large belly and four arms which are holding his attributes; a ball of sweetmeats, an elephant goad, a noose and his broken tusk. He is seated upon a circular cushion atop a square base. The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha is the Hindu god of knowledge and the remover of obstacles. His mount is a rat which represents ignorance. ...click for details
Details: A beautiful example of a Gandharan Buddha hand mounted on a perspex base. The finely carved fingers tapering elegantly, with the webbing delicately between them.
The Buddha's webbed fingers are one of the thirty-two major signs (lakshanas) of his superhuman nature. (As legend has it, Buddha’s webbed fingers are representative of a net to gather in his followers.)
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Details: A cute example of a miniature bronze figure of Ganesha and Lakskmi from Southern India. The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha the Hindu god of knowledge and the remover of obstacles is seated below an ornate mandorla upon a circular cushion atop a square base accompanied by one of his various consorts perched on his left knee, in this case Lakskmi, here identified by the lotus in her left hand.
Details: A very graceful and classically indic 10th century buff sandstone image of the Hindu sun god Surya from Madhya Pradesh in Central India. The sun god is adorned with heavy elaborate beaded jewelry and is wearing a tall intricate and finely carved headdress. In his one remaining hand he is holding one of his attributes a beautiful lotus, which he would have originally held in both his hands.
Details: This is a very unusual and attractive example of a Southern Indian Gajalakshmi Lamp probably from Tamil Nadu. The backplate of the lamp depicts the goddess Lakshmi being hailed by two elephants. The reverse of the backplate carries the same image. When the wick for the oil is burning the backplate is lit up highlighting the goddess, which is seen as an act of merit making with the Goddess. (The wick is supported by the overhanging front lip). The piece has a wonderfully rich greeny brow ...click for details
Details: A rare and fascinating example of a late 18th century Jaina Tantric diagram from Rajasthan. The esoteric diagram is illustrating the eternal recurrence of the sevenfold divisions of the universe as a cosmic river of time and reality, from a manuscript of the Samarangana Sutra Dhara (A classical Indian encyclopedic work on Indian architecture written by Paramara King Bhoja of Dhar 1000-1055 AD).
Details: A nice example of a Southern Indian bronze figure of the Goddess Meenakshi accompanied by a small consort. She is supporting a parrot on her left wrist and her long hair is up, arranged in a large bun atop the back of her head. She has shapely hips and legs which are covered by a heavily pleated dhoti.
The Goddess Meekakshi is a form of the fierce warrior Goddess Durga. She is worshipped as Shiva’s spouse an ...click for details
