A Small Post-Gupta Mottled Red Sandstone Fragmentary Head of a Deity

Northern India, Perhaps Mathura circa Seventh Century

12.5 cm., 4 7/8 in

The face with heavily-lidded eyes and pronounced lips, the wavy curl-edged hair with a single gem-set medallion, with the remains of one large earring

Provenance

English private collection, acquired in London in the mid-1990s