Cauvisi with Jina Parsvanatha, Madhya Pradesh, India, 10th century. Sandstone; h. 64 cm. Photo courtesy Carlos Cruanas

Provenance: Private European collection acquired 1990. Sothebys London 

Published: Sacred Art of Indic Traditions, 2005

Vaishnava Saint, South India, Vijayanagara period, circa 14th century. Bronze. Heigth: 64 cm. Photo courtesy Carlos Cruanas

Carlos Cruanas has travelled extensively throughout Asia since 1975 and has lived for long periods in India, Nepal and Thailand. His initial anthropological curiosity about the different cultures of the East led him to develop a special interest in Oriental art as an aesthetic manifestation of the divinity and the human need of liberation. Carlos Cruanas consequently specialized in sculpture and paintings of the religious art of three of the most universally known Indian traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

Carlos Cruanas. Art of India, Himalaya and South East Asia. Rue Ernest Allard 18, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. By appointment only. Tel: +34 619 474 308 - Mob: +32 489 821800 - Email: carlos@carloscruanas.com - Website: www.carloscruanas.com. Asian Art in Brussels. 4 to 8 June 2014