Sale 2337
New York
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14 September 2010
Price realised
USD 3,000
Estimate
A buff sandstone head of a deity India, Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, 11th/12th century The ovoid face well-carved with slender almond-shaped eyes beneath gracefully arched brows, the hair braided and then wound into tight curls 10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Japan, acquired in the 1980s
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The rounded face and hairstyle point to a possible identification as a Jina.
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