Important antique carved sandstone stele, India, modeled as the Hindu protector Vishnu as the man-lion Narasimha avatar, depicted with ten arms and a lion face smiling with bared fangs, the figure flanked by a pair of vidyadharas (wisdom holders), several arms holding his respective attributes including a conch shell and dharma wheel, clutching the contorted body of his adversary, Hiranyakashipu, the Daityas demon king granted an invincible boon (vara) by Lord Brahma, carved in high relief against rectangular slab, retaining Sotheby's lot tag, approx 20.75"h, 14.5"w, 7.5"d, 86lbs **Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, South Asian Art sale, March 21, 2012, lot 271; private collector in the United Kingdom, acquired in 1968; the contents of a retired Wall Street executive's lakeside compound**

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