Lot 272
10th-12th Century, the god with downcast expression, wearing earrings and a fragmentary diadem, draped loincloth, and flanked by Varaha in the form of a boar, on modern metal stand.
Height 61cm excluding stand
Estimate $15,000 - $25,000
Statue is probably originally removed from a temple or frieze therefore losses to edges and throughout. Section of diadem missing, chip to nose, left pectoral and belly. Stand has discolouration to metal.
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Christopher and Anna Thorpe, Sydney
The Collector's Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8446
2:00pm - 29 March 2022
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 March, 10am - 4pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025
CONTACT
Madeleine Norton
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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