Sale 213 Lot 243

Carved Gauri-Parvati Processional Head Patinated Gauri-Parvati processional carved head. Presented in on a wooden base. Height (including base): 11 inches
$500-600

PROVENANCE: Present lot was acquired by Bennett Schiff (1920-2014), a member of the U.S. Foreign Service who served as press attaché in Nicosia, Cyprus, and Tehran from 1962 until 1967. He moved to Washington, DC, in 1967 to work as a consultant to the Peace Corps, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Ford Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.