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Lotus-Headed Fertility Goddess Lajja Gauri
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Sandstone, India (Madhya Pradesh)
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Samuel Eilenberg Collection Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg 1998
Title: Lotus-Headed Fertility Goddess Lajja Gauri
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Sandstone, India (Madhya Pradesh).
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