carved standing on an oval base, wearing a dhoti falling in shaped folds from the waist to the feet and a scarf around the neck and shoulders, the bare chest adorned with an elaborate necklace, the face with almond-shaped eyes and gentle smile beneath thick locks of hair pulled up into a high chignon and framed by a foliate tiara, traces of polychrome decoration

The right hand is a later replacement. There are splits throughout particularly to the right side of the face, the neck and central section of the neck. There is large splitting through the back down the shoulders, to the lower body. General loss of gesso and poly-chrome painting throughout. The lower right of the scarf may be missing.
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The result of RCD Lockinge Radiocarbon Dating Measurement Report no. RCD-8850 suggests a 95.4% probability that the wood dates between 1420 and 1619.