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INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
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An buff sandstone stele of Bull-headed deity
India, Rajasthan, 11th/12th Century
The three-headed twelve-armed deity seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, issuing from a stepped plinth with the stem forming two coils enclosing seated deities and flanked by devotees in adoration, holding the attributes of a drum, snake and vessel in his left hands, wearing beaded necklaces and a garland carved in openwork spanning his back, flanked on either side by female deities arranged in a vertical column and crowned by two apsaras reaching across the openwork lotus nimbus
32 in. (81.3 cm.) high
India, Rajasthan, 11th/12th Century
The three-headed twelve-armed deity seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, issuing from a stepped plinth with the stem forming two coils enclosing seated deities and flanked by devotees in adoration, holding the attributes of a drum, snake and vessel in his left hands, wearing beaded necklaces and a garland carved in openwork spanning his back, flanked on either side by female deities arranged in a vertical column and crowned by two apsaras reaching across the openwork lotus nimbus
32 in. (81.3 cm.) high