A CENTRAL JAVANESE VOLCANIC STONE BUST OF SIVA, the well-modelled upperbody with upavita, necklace and udarabandha, his face with downcast expression, ridged eyebrows, third eye, pouting lips, elongated earlobes, the jatamakuta with three-leaf tiara and remainings of a halo behind the head, 8th/9th Century
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A CENTRAL JAVANESE VOLCANIC STONE BUST OF SIVA, the well-modelled upperbody with upavita, necklace and udarabandha, his face with downcast expression, ridged eyebrows, third eye, pouting lips, elongated earlobes, the jatamakuta with three-leaf tiara and remainings of a halo behind the head, 8th/9th Century
36 cm high (slight damage to extremities), mounted
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