Indra on his elephant Airavata
Sculpture
ca. mid 19th century (made)
ca. mid 19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
This sculpture in the round depicts the god, Indra, sitting enshrined against an architectonic back-slab on top of the four-tusked elephant, Airavata. They are mounted on an oval plinth which is chiselled with a decorative leaf-like band of decoration in the same manner as the details of the elephant and its trappings with lines and cross-hatchings chiselled into the surface of the stone. Indra, too has some cross-hatched chiselled detailing. He holds a vajra (thunderbolt) in his left hand.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Indra on his elephant Airavata (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stone, carved and chiselled |
| Brief description | Stone sculpture |
| Physical description | This sculpture in the round depicts the god, Indra, sitting enshrined against an architectonic back-slab on top of the four-tusked elephant, Airavata. They are mounted on an oval plinth which is chiselled with a decorative leaf-like band of decoration in the same manner as the details of the elephant and its trappings with lines and cross-hatchings chiselled into the surface of the stone. Indra, too has some cross-hatched chiselled detailing. He holds a vajra (thunderbolt) in his left hand. |
| Object history | Transferred from the India to the South Kensington Museum in 1879. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 762(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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