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A SANDSTONE HEAD OF A FEMALE FIGURE                                       A SANDSTONE HEAD OF A FEMALE FIGURE
Northern India, Bharhut, 2nd century B.C.                                 Central India, circa 11th century
With large earrings and delicately carved coiffure with patterned cloth.
4 3/4 in. (12 cm) high                                                    Finely carved with heavy-lidded eyes, full lips and youthful cheeks,
$1,000 - 1,500                                                            flanked by two large horseshoe-shaped earrings, the headdress with
                                                                          beaded jewelry.
印度北部 毘盧 公元前二世紀 砂巖女神首                                                      6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm) high
                                                                          $4,000 - 6,000

Provenance                                                                印度中部 約十一世紀 砂巖女性頭像
Collection of Dr and Mrs Robert Dickes
Acquired from Kapoor Galleries, Inc., New York, 12 May 1980               Provenance
Thence by descent                                                         Christie’s, New York, 3 October 1990, lot 232

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