Stone group depicting Venugopala, showing Krishna playing the flute with elegantly crossed legs. He wears a short dhoti tied with an elaborate sash, intricate necklaces and bracelets, and the sacred thread draped across his torso. His hair...
Stone group depicting Venugopala, showing Krishna playing the flute with elegantly crossed legs. He wears a short dhoti tied with an elaborate sash, intricate necklaces and bracelets, and the sacred thread draped across his torso. His hair is styled in a high chignon adorned with peacock feathers. Flanking him are female attendants with animals.
Probably South India, late Chola / early Vijayanagar period, late 13th - early 14th century
(53 x 115 cm) (damages)
Provenance: Private collection, Milan
IT Gruppo in pietra raffigurante Venugopala. Probabilmente India meridionale, tardo periodo Chola/inizio periodo Vijayanagar, fine XIII - inizio XIV secolo. (cm 53x115) (difetti)
Raffigurante Krishna che tiene il flauto alle labbra, le gambe elegantemente incrociate, indossa un dhoti corto legato con una fascia elaborata, collane e bracciali intricati, il "filo sacro" che circonda il suo corpo, i capelli raccolti in un alto chignon adornato con piume di pavone, ai lati figure di serve con animali.