A red sandstone figure of Bhairavi, Central India, 8th / 9th century

Rudi's Oriental Antiques, New York, 1960s.

Collection of James and Marilynn Alsdorf, Chicago.

Sotheby's New York, 26th March 1998, lot 362.

The goddess dancing on a human victim, holding the kapala, rattle drum, human-headed femur bone and lotus in her four hands, wearing a dhoti, jeweled belt suspending beaded strands, billowing scarf, flattened collar, and bud-shaped earrings, an emaciated demon standing at the right