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INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, GUPTA PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY
Details
A sandstone Ekhamukhalinga
India, Madhya Pradesh, Gupta period, circa 4th century
With the face of Shiva at front carved with deep-set elongated eyes, his hair in matted locks pulled into a topknot
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high
India, Madhya Pradesh, Gupta period, circa 4th century
With the face of Shiva at front carved with deep-set elongated eyes, his hair in matted locks pulled into a topknot
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 14 and 272, cat. no. 4
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983