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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