Indian Carved Half Pillar with Cross Style Capitol & Stone Base

Split down its length, it now presents a flat back and a straight face.

This carved half 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 Gujarat's timber buildings, half pillars and pilasters often lined walls and doorways, matching the free-standing posts nearby. Seen from the side, the shaft reads as narrow and dark, flecked with blue-grey and white. A band of worn carving sits near the top, and the cross member runs out to a rough, pointed end. Eighty-five inches high.

Half the pillar, with all of the attitude.