Lot Essay
Compare a lower part of a female figure from Mathura, in the Indian Museum Calcutta, see P. Chandra, The Sculpture of India, 3000 B.C.-1300 A.D., 1985, cat. no. 26.
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Medieval Sculpture
A Red Sandstone Lower Body of a Yakshi
CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
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A Red Sandstone Lower Body of a Yakshi
Central India, circa 10th Century
Finely carved in a sensual pose with her hip gently swung and right leg angled, her diaphanous robe barely clinging to her hips with a delicately undulating hemline
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) high
Central India, circa 10th Century
Finely carved in a sensual pose with her hip gently swung and right leg angled, her diaphanous robe barely clinging to her hips with a delicately undulating hemline
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) high