Important antique carved sandstone stele, India, modeled as Agni, the Vedic god of fire, depicted as a Brahmanical deity in his benevolent iteration, the raised hand holding mala or rosary beads, the other with amrtaghata nectar pot, seated upon his ram vahana (vehicle), surrounded by a halo of flames, retaining Sotheby's lot tag, approx 23"h, 15.25"w, 5.5"d, 94lbs **Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, South Asian Art sale, March 21, 2012, lot 276, American private collector acquired in the 1990s, Swiss collector acquired in the 1970s; the contents of a retired Wall Street executive's lakeside compound**

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