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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
TINA AND SIMON BERIRO
703
A RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A
CELESTIAL WOMAN
INDIA, RAJASTHAN OR MADHYA PRADESH,
10TH-11TH CENTURY
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Prince and Princess Aschwin zur
Lippe-Biesterfeld, New York, 1960s, by repute.
Property of a European Estate; Christie’s New
York, 30 March 2006, lot 64.

LITERATURE:
A. Headington, 'Private World of a Prince: Oriental
flair in a Paris apartment,' Connoisseur, July 1988,
p. 51, illustrated.

The present figure stands in a sinuous tribhanga
posture, grooming her hair while likely looking
into a mirror in her missing hand. The celestial
woman, probably a yakshi, wears disk-shaped
earrings, pendent garlands, and her hair carved in
a curled bun.