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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.
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.