G717.11 A red sikri sandstone head of a male deity
India, Mathura
Kushan period
1st-2nd century AD
H. 18 cm, 7 ins
Reference: For a related head of a deity see cat. no. 21 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).