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 rare and beautifully proportioned Southern Indian image of the Hindu deity Ganesha. The base of this piece is of brass and the image is of copper. This technique of working in the two metals is called Ganga Jumna and the choice of metals represents the meeting of the Ganga and Jumna rivers in India. The yellowish brass and reddish copper shows the colouring of the two rivers. This piece is a masterly crafted miniature image showing the casters reverence in his work and his skillful at ...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 beautiful and alluring example of an 11th century Pala White Tara probably from Kurkihar or Nalanda in Bihar. The voluptuous proportions of Tara's fully revealed figure reflect the full perfect body of youth and vitality. Her heavy regal ornaments stand out against her smooth, languorous form. Tara’s head supports rich locks of hair and the heavy crown of a Bodhisattva once inset with precious gems above her attractive face. Her bow shaped slanted eyebrows, curved and large almond ...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 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 charming sandstone example of an 11th century torso of the Brahmin dwarf Vamana probably from Madhya Pradesh. He is adorned with multiple necklaces covering his ample chest where a srivatsa is carved in relief between his shapely pectoral muscles. His sacred Brahmin thread rests across his beautifully defined pot belly, which is hanging over his diaphanous dhoti decorated with a classically beaded apron.
Details: An attractive and interesting example of a 2nd-3rd century Gandharan frieze. Expressively carved form grey schist with nobles, chariots, birds and possibly a horsed prince. This is undoubtedly a scene from the life of the Buddha, however I can’t be sure exactly which scene.
Details: A classical and beautifully proportioned example of an 11th century North East Indian, probably the Bihar region, Pala period phyllite image of the Supreme Dhyani Buddha Vairocana. He is seated in Vajrasana on a double lotus throne with the toes of his feet slightly flexed and his hands poised in the Dharmachakra Mudra, one of his identifying features. He is wearing a pleated close fitting Sanghati and the jewellery denoting his status as one of the five Cosmic Buddhas, made up of an el ...click for details
Details: A nicely modeled example of a 15th century Jain altarpiece form either Rajasthan or Gujarat. Finely cast in openwork with the principal image of a Tirthankar (fordmaker) seated in dhyanasana on a high cushion over a throne supported by lions, with a silver Srivastava on his chest, flanked on either side by standing and seated worshippers surmounted by elephants holding the raised chattri, all backed by an open work mandorla . The stepped plinth with two seated diminutive worshippers at ...click for details
