Description:
Three Long Wooden Lintel Friezes, India, one carved in high relief to depict Krishna seated under a canopy at the center, flanked by male and female attendants and devotees and animal-headed musicians and dancers; one decorated with openwork carvings of Krishna playing a flute, flanked by pigs standing on each other's backs, attendants, riders on horseback and mythical birds, ending in foliate scrolls; the third carved with a seated central figure flanked by numerous human and animal-headed attendants, lg. to 73 in.
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Arthur L. and Genevieve S. Funk.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Keywords
India, Genevieve S. FunkSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
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Helen Eagles
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