Sale 2761
Amsterdam
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20 - 21 November 2007
Price realised
EUR 5,000
Estimate
A Central Indian, Rajasthan, reddish sandstone male figure 12th Century The male figure is carved in a supporting posture, the legs apart, his left arm raised and supporting the foot of a deity, wearing dhoti, bejewelled and his head almost bowing under the heavy weight 54 cm high, mounted
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