Lot Essay
The face, though damaged, still shows delicate features suggestive of feminity. The third eye may identify the figure as Parvati, Siva's consort, or as Durga: the warlike aspect of the same goddess. Similar representations are known from the high period of Majapahit in the fourteenth century. One of them, found at Chandi Rimbi, has been identified as the posthumous image of the chief queen of the founder of the kingdom
The rich and beautiful designs on the octagonal crown reflect a high degree of care and skill. This indicates that the head must have belonged to an important image.
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The rich and beautiful designs on the octagonal crown reflect a high degree of care and skill. This indicates that the head must have belonged to an important image.
See illustration