G717.10 A large red sikri sandstone torso of a male deity holding an offering vessel

India, Mathura

Kushan period

1^st – 2^nd century AD

H. 50 cm, 19 ¾ ins

Reference: For a related figure of an attendant bearing a flywhisk, see cat. no. 18 in Stanislaw Czuma, Kushan Sculpture: Images from early India, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1985.

Provenance: From the collection of the late Anthony Gardner (1950-1992), Director of Spink and Son Limited, London, and the late Roger Monks (1942-2017).