Arte Indiana A Chandraketugarh bone figure of a

Indian Art A Chandraketugarh bone figure of a crouching Yakshai (male nature spirit)West Bengal, Shunga Period, circa 1st century bC. . . Cm 5,70 x 10,50. For a close related example, but made of earthenware, please cfr. MET, New York, Acc. No. 1990-309 and its bibliography: Bautze, Joachim Karl. Early Indian Terracottas. Iconography of religions. Section XIII, Indian religions ; fasc. 17. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill Publishers, 1995, pl. 40(b).Provenance: Private Collection Milan, Italy.