Important antique carved pink sandstone frieze, India, modeled as Brahma, the supreme creator, with a bulging belly, seated in the lalitasana posture, the central figure flanked at sides by consorts, either Saraswati, deity of principle, or Gayatri, deity of the senses, spaced by architectural pillars, retaining Sotheby's lot tag, approx 15"h, 37"w, 6"d, 198lbs **Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, South Asian Art sale, March 21, 2012, lot 274, American private collector acquired in the 1990s, Swiss collector acquired in the 1970s; the contents of a retired Wall Street executive's lakeside compound**

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