Nov 11, 2011 - Sale 2261

Sale 2261 - Lot 7

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
V. A. MALI (DATES UNKNOWN) SEE INDIA / ELLORA. Circa 1930.
39 1/2x25 inches, 100 1/4x63 1/2 cm. Bolton Fine Art, Bombay.
Condition B+ / A-: minor tears and creases at edges; abrasions in image. Paper.
The centuries-old caves at Ellora are actually a group of thirty-four different chambers hidden behind elaborately carved temple facades that represent three different religions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Here, visitors are depicted admiring a towering statue of Siva inside one of the caves.