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LOT 1533
Indian Temple Fragment with Shiva as Gajasurasamhara
19TH CENTURY A.D.
22 1/8 in. (5.3 kg total, 56.2 cm high including stand).
A Hindu wood carving fragment depicting a multi-armed Shiva as Gajasurasamhara, dancing with an attendant; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
From an important East Sussex, UK, collection.
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