A sandstone Aspara (celestial deity), Central India, Probably Madhya Pradesh, 10th-11th century, depicted with her right hand placed upon her hip, wearing a diaphanous robe with trailing scarves, extensive jewellery and a multi-stranded belt; with a trailing pleat between her legs, mounted on plinth, 56cm. high Provenance: Private English Collection For a related example, please see cat. no. 46 in P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, L.A. County Museum of Art, 1977. Numerous losses to edges and sides, one leg of figure missing,