Figure of Karttikeya (Figure of Kārttikeya)

Figure of Skanda or Kārttikeya, seated on a peacock, carved in grey phylite. He sits with one leg pendant and holds a lance and a piece of fruit; behind him the fanning tail-feathers of the peacock fill the ground of the stele to make a halo.

Kind

artefact

Date

700–899 CE