A FINE CARVED WOODEN ARCHITECTURAL RELIEF PANEL DEPICTING SH...

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

A FINE CARVED WOODEN ARCHITECTURAL RELIEF PANEL DEPICTING SHIVA AND GANESHA,
SOUTHERN INDIAN, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY,
with an attendant musician, Shiva poised in a Lasya dance pose, Ganesha with hands clasped in an animated posture on a pedestal at Shiva’s feet, the musician in animated pose holding an instrument aloft, the whole carved in deep relief.
56 x 36 x 10 cm       

PROVENANCE: Angela Trueb (nee Clement-Davies) Collection                  

NOTE: This finely carved architectural element demonstrates the craftsman's ability to convey an animated and lively scene . The sloping base indicates that it was part of an architectural frieze.