Property From a Private Japanese Collector
A Black Stone Stele Depicting the Goddess of Shiva Grhapati, India, Pala Period, 11th/12th Century
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September 20, 05:33 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Property From a Private Japanese Collector
A Blackꦺ Stone Stele De꧋picting the Goddess of Shiva Grhapati
India, Pala Period, 11th/12th Century
9½ by 22¼ in. (24.1 by 57.2 cm)
the goddess Sucismati reclining on a couch with her her infant below her breast, her left foot being massaged by an🐠 attendant
Collection of a Japanese Diplomat, acquired in Bangladesh, circa 1970.
For another comparison of the same subject, see Stella Kramrisch, Manifestions of Shiva, Philadelphia, 1981, p. 83, cat. no. 68.
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