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INDIA, 11TH-13TH CENTURY
Details
Three sandstone heads of deities
India, 11th-13th century
The first with heavy-lidded eyes and a high chignon; the second with elongated eyes beneath finely delineated brows and the hair secured into a conical chignon; the third with bulging eyes and bared fangs, the hair secured by a skull tiara
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.), the highest (3)
India, 11th-13th century
The first with heavy-lidded eyes and a high chignon; the second with elongated eyes beneath finely delineated brows and the hair secured into a conical chignon; the third with bulging eyes and bared fangs, the hair secured by a skull tiara
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.), the highest (3)
Provenance
Ghigo Collection, London, acquired from Sotheby's, London, 17 February 1981, lots 573, and 581, and 9 July 1979, lot 193