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Lot
Number
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B000011 |
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Title |
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Linga with Four Faces, (Chaturmukhalinga) |
| Date
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12th Century |
| Country
of Origin |
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India |
| Material
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Stone |
| Measurements |
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23 1/2 in. (59.69 cm) |
| Lot
Quantity |
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1 |
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| Description:
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Description (guaranteed):
Front Shiva head with tall jatamukuta and beaded headress, rosette earrings, finely incised arched eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, straight nose, gently smiling lips, beaded collar and tresses escaping over shoulder.
Published: published in Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, exhibition catalogue, The Art Institute of Chicago,1997, cat no. 9, pp. 17, 272.
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| Condition
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Condition:
In overall good condition with minor chips and abrasions, chips to nose on front face, abrasions to lips as apparent in photograph, secondary faces with losses to face, nose and lips, soil encrustation throughout, no base.
Designation: Property from the Alsdorf's Collection
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