A RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF SHIVA INDIA, MADHYA PRADESH, 8TH / 9TH CENTURY

the deity standing in tribhanga, with high plaited hairstyle, with thick finely arched eyebrows above fierce wideset eyes, wearing large circular earrings and beaded necklace, with an incised dhoti secured at the waist with a girdle

Formerly in the collection of Mary E. Chumley (1917-1993) and Alice R. Chumley (1926-1993). 

Fragmentary as viewed with losses to nose and mouth, ritual objects, proper left forearm and both legs below the knees. Wear, accretion and minor staining overall.
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