Lot 15
15
A red sandstone figure of a goddess
A red sandstone figure of a goddess

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, MATHURA, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY

Details
A red sandstone figure of a goddess
India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, circa 4th Century
Expressively carved with a scarf draped across her shoulders, wearing a beaded necklace with pendant jewel, her gently rounded face with heavy lidded eyes and flanked by long pendulous earlobes, the stone with white mottling and weathering
41 in. (104 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a mottled red sandstone figure of a 'Nature Goddess' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with the scarf similarly draped over her arm and also with much wear, cf. P. Pal, Indian Sculpture, 1986, vol. I, cat. no. S54.