£2,000 - £3,000
A red stone head of Ardhanarishvara, Muthura region, India, Gupta period, c.5th century A.D., the face with almond-shaped eyes below finely arched brows, centred by a third eye, female half of face indicated by a large circular earring, hair secured in an elaborate headdress, the male half with hair arranged in a jatamukuta, 34cm high excluding display stand
Provenance - London private collection, formed between early 1940s-1972
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