A REDDISH-BROWN STONE EKAMUKHALINGA

Ekamukhalinga is the symbol of a cosmic pillar that connects heaven and earth, and is the focus of worship within a Shaivite temple. Compare the full features, hair arranged in a wide chignon, and beaded necklace of the present lot with a stone ekamukhalinga, dated to the seventh century, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 1989.150), and illustrated by P. Pal in Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, Chicago, 2003, p. 95, no. 52.