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Architectural Section with Heroic Figures19th century

Not on view
Tall honey-brown wood architectural bracket with deeply carved, nearly free-standing figures of warriors, horses, and multi-armed deities in dense battle composition, with scrolled cornice and pendant finial
Wooden architectural panel with deep relief carving, showing a multi-armed figure on horseback above a dense scene of smaller figures; ornate floral and scrollwork border at top with pendant finial, warm reddish-brown wood throughout.
Tall wooden panel with deep relief carving depicting multiple figures on horseback amid dense foliate scrollwork, with smaller figures and animals filling the composition; warm brown patinated wood with traces of pigment.
Carved wooden temple bracket or panel fragment with densely layered relief carving; a multi-armed deity mounted on a rearing horse dominates the center, surrounded by attendant figures, scrolling foliage, and decorative roundels, all in warm golden-brown wood with fine detail throughout.

Unknown, Architectural Section with Heroic Figures, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Christian Humann, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Architectural Section with Heroic Figures
Place Made
India, Tamil Nadu
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Wood with traces of paint
Dimensions
64 x 20 7/8 x 5 1/2 in (162.56 x 53.02 x 13.97 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Christian Humann
Accession Number
FIC.2899.2
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.2. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1988.

  • El Universo de la India: Obras Maestras del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Angeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2012.