Lot 285 , A sandstone Ekamukha Shiva Linga and Yoni, Northwest India, 7th/8th century A.D.

A sandstone Ekamukha Shiva Linga and Yoni, Northwest India, 7th/8th century A.D.

A sandstone Ekamukha Shiva Linga and Yoni, Northwest India, 7th/8th century A.D., the Linga with the face of Shiva, fangs bird and with third eye, the hair in a topknot with locks swept behind the ears, the wasted square in form, mottled stone throughout, 22cm high

Provenance - London private collection, formed between early 1940s-1972
£1,500-2,000

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