Celestial Musician (Gandharva), Western Chalukyan period, 11th century, India (Karnataka, possibly Dharwar), Slate, H. 40 3/4

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Celestial Musician (Gandharva), Western Chalukyan period, 11th century, India (Karnataka, possibly Dharwar), Slate, H. 40 3/4 in. ( cm), Sculpture, A semidivine celestial musician to the gods is shown playing a flute, standing beneath the canopy of a flowering tree. This bracket figure was intended to decorate a pillar capital of the interior of a Hindu temple of the western Chalukyas

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