ƒ VOTING STONEIn black stone with a slightly crusty patina and traces of polychromy, representing the god Surya, in samabhanga on a terrace in the shape of a chariot pulled by seven horses sculpted in slight relief, in front of a mandorla edged with flames, lotuses rising on each side in the hands, the head topped with a decorated tiara, at his feet: Prabha, the principal of his four wives, and an archer camped at each endA metal pedestalNepal, 16th-17th centuriesA STONE STELE NEPAL, 16TH-17TH CENTURY. UP. 32 CM (12 5/8 IN.)