Live Auction 2828Indian and Southeast Asian Art
A red sandstone bust of a celestial deity
Lot 1080

A red sandstone bust of a celestial deity

INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR MADHYA PRADESH, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY

Closed19 March 2014

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USD 25,000

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A red sandstone bust of a celestial deity
India, Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, circa 12th century
With her right hand raised over her head, richly adorned with various jewelry, the face with gentle smile and downcast eyes, the hair in fine rows parted by a beaded mathatikka, with a column and rearing vyali at right
11¾ in. (30 cm.) high

Collection of R.W. Leybourne Callaghan, alias Callaghan of India, Managing Director of Roche India and Honorary Consul for Ireland in Bombay, acquired in the late 1960s
Previously sold at Christie's New York, 21 September 2005, lot 47