Celestial Musician (Gandharva), Western Chalukyan period, 11th century, India (Karnataka, possibly Dharwar), Slate, H. 40 3/4 in. (103.5 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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Celestial Musician, Gandharva, Western Chalukyan period, 11th century, India, Karnataka, Dharwar, Slate, H, 40 3/4, 103.5 cm, Sculpture, semidivine, celestial, musician, gods, shown playing, flute, standing beneath, canopy, flowering tree, bracket figure, intended, decorate, pillar capital, interior, Hindu temple, western Chalukyas
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