Architectorial carving of a temple alter, Northern India / Gandhara, early-mid 1st. millenium AD.
A very artful carving and quite decorative as well, depicting a building housing an alter and flanked by large collumns. The back uncarved and it would have been carved into a rock wall.
Finely mounted, floating on a black metal base.
Size: 35 cm. tall, incl. the mounting, 24 cm. for the temple alone. 16 cm. deep and 20 cm. wide.
Weight: Approx 13-14 kilograms!
Ex. Henning Holck Larsen collection (1907-2003), a famous Danish Engineer, CEO and founder of Larsen & Toubro, one of Indias largest construction companies. He lived in India for a great part of his life and aquired a varied collection of Indian antiques.