Indian Carved Pillar with Cross Style Capitol & Stone Base

Red-brown below, sea green above, as if it had been left in two climates.

This carved pillar with a cross style capital and stone base comes from Khera, Gujarat, India, and dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. It is carved wood and stone. In traditional Gujarati building, a pillar like this would carry heavy beams while also showing what the owner could afford. The shaft is fluted and streaked with reddish brown. Above it, panels of lattice and leaf turn a dusky green up into the cross top. A round pale stone base has leaves at the corners. Eighty-five inches high.

It holds up nothing at present. It remains well prepared.