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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN CREWS RAINEY
A Buff Sandstone Head of a Deity
INDIA, UTTAR OR MADHYA PRADESH, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Details
A Buff Sandstone Head of a Deity
India, Uttar or Madhya Pradesh, circa 10th Century
Crisply carved with gentle features, the hair piled in matted strands in a tall jatamukuta secured by a crown carved with a kirttimukha mask
10 7/16 in. (27.5 cm.) high
India, Uttar or Madhya Pradesh, circa 10th Century
Crisply carved with gentle features, the hair piled in matted strands in a tall jatamukuta secured by a crown carved with a kirttimukha mask
10 7/16 in. (27.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Parke Bernet, New York, 30 November 1968, lot 28