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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF EDWARD ALBEE The beautifully carved life size sandstone head carries a
lustrous polish characteristic of medieval Jain sculpture from
A POLISHED SANDSTONE HEAD OF A JINA
Central India. Every element is precisely articulated, from the
Western India, 12th/13th Century individual curls of hair, wide, alert eyes and pursed lips. The
Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm) cranial bump atop the head, capped by a ! ower, might have
been in! uenced by Buddhist imagery. For a complete > gure
PROVENANCE of a seated Jina in meditation see P. Pal (ed.), The Peaceful
Indian Antiques Objects d’Art, Los Angeles, 16th November Liberators: Jain Art from India, Los Angeles, 1994, cat. 27.
1968.
Edward Albee (1928-2016) was a Pulitzer and Tony Award $ 30,000-50,000
winning playwright, best known for Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? The Collection of Edward Albee was sold at Sotheby’s
New York on 26th Sweptember 2017.
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