Statue Fragment

Relief (uncertain)

29-64-26

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-64-26
Current Location On Loan
Provenience India
Section Asian
Materials Sandstone
Technique Carved
Iconography Woman
Description

Head and torso of a Yakshini. Heavy earings, halo. Creamy sandstone; very high relief. Hair drawn back from forehead in a puff with a chain and star ornament in the front of the puff. Hair at sides drawn flat down toward ears; heavy earrings. On the flat background there seems to be a kind of halo with points engraved behind her head.

Credit Line Alexander Scott Expedition to India, 1915-1918
Other Number 6-1961-7 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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