Pandya: Chidambaram, Sanctuary, Sphinx
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Frederic, Louis
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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This figure, remotely derived from the Pallava lion, of which it retains the collar-like mane, has a human face. Two fangs stick out from its mouth and it wears earrings. The theme is very rare in Indian iconography.
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Basham Collection
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1959
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