Standing with her right arm extended holding a fruit, her left cradling the stem of a lotus bud, clad in a long dhoti with incised foliate patterns and secured with a long beaded sash, further adorned with elaborate jewellery, her face with small lips and almond-shaped eyes, her high chignon decorated with flowers and secured with a tiara 18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
Details
- Title : A sandstone figure of Devi
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Sandstone
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 7th/8th century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 499 A
- Pre-Lot Text : Property from the Estate of Ralph Benkaim
- Price realised : USD 10,000
- Estimate : USD 10,000 - USD 15,000
- Provenance : Sotheby's New York, 22 March 1989, lot 26