A terracotta head of a deity
Uttar Pradesh, India, Circa 3rd/4th century
Raised in a short conical tang below a long slender neck, the ovoid face with delicate features that are still discernible, framed by ears adorned with large ornaments and wearing an elaborate headdress comprised of a three-leaf diadem and large oval element with a central rosette. 5 in. (12.7 cm) high
Raised in a short conical tang below a long slender neck, the ovoid face with delicate features that are still discernible, framed by ears adorned with large ornaments and wearing an elaborate headdress comprised of a three-leaf diadem and large oval element with a central rosette. 5 in. (12.7 cm) high
Sold for
US$ 187
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a closely related example reputedly excavated at Kausambi, now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.72.47.4) see Pratapaditya Pal, Indian Sculpture, Vol. I, Los Angeles, 1986, no. S78b.
Provenance:
Estate of Natasha Eilenberg
Samuel and Natasha Eilenberg Collection, before 1969
Category: Asian Art / Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art
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