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A Black Stone Stele of a Celestial Nymph
INDIA, WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
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A Black Stone Stele of a Celestial Nymph
India, Western India, circa 13th Century
Carved with her right hand raised grasping her topknot, wearing a wide beaded girdle centered by a flowerhead buckle and suspending beaded festoons, a broad beaded collar and heavy stranded necklace falling over her breasts, an array of bangles at her wrist, her face with graceful features, almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose and bow-shaped mouth, her hair arranged in an elaborate coif adorned with strands of beads
27 in. (69.8 cm.) high
India, Western India, circa 13th Century
Carved with her right hand raised grasping her topknot, wearing a wide beaded girdle centered by a flowerhead buckle and suspending beaded festoons, a broad beaded collar and heavy stranded necklace falling over her breasts, an array of bangles at her wrist, her face with graceful features, almond-shaped eyes, aquiline nose and bow-shaped mouth, her hair arranged in an elaborate coif adorned with strands of beads
27 in. (69.8 cm.) high
Exhibited
John Eskenazi, Stone Sculptures from India, November 1999, p. 10f.