A Red Sandstone Figure of a Celestial Woman
The Property of a European Estate
A Red Sandstone Figure of a Celestial Woman

INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR MADHYA PRADESH, 10TH/11TH CENTURY

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A Red Sandstone Figure of a Celestial Woman
India, Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, 10th/11th Century
Standing in a sinuous tribhanga wearing disk-shaped earrings and pendent garlands, her hair carved in a curled bun
25¾ in. (65.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Prince and Princess Aschwin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, 1960s
Literature
A. Headington, 'Private World of a Prince: Oriental flair in a Paris apartment,' Connoisseur, July 1988, p. 51, illustrated.

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