A Terracotta Head of a Deity
Bangladesh, Gupta period, 5th century
The face with full lips and heavy-lidded eyes, flanked by long earlobes with pendant earrings and surmounted by an elaborate tiara centered by a kirttimukha mask
10 in. (25.4.) high
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Julian Sherrier Collection, London, formed between early 1940s-1972
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Though these deities are often Shaivite, the presence of the kirttimukha mask and parrot or possibly beaked lion makes it difficult to identify the present example.