Indian Full Pillar with Carved Ram Capitol and Stone Base

Fluted teak, pale stone, and a curl of ram's horn at the top.

This full pillar with a carved ram capital and stone base is carved teak wood and stone, from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, 19th century. The old city of Ahmedabad is famous for its carved teak houses, whose facades and interiors can carry an astonishing amount of ornament. Long, narrow flutes run up the shaft and end beneath a band of dense carving. Above them, leaves and spiral horns tumble from the capital. The wood is a dry, grayish brown, and the molded stone base is lighter. Ninety-four inches high.

It is a long way up for a ram.