Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, 8th/9th c. Height 10.5 cm. Solid cast. A flame with inlaid ruby tops the Ushnisha (restored). Provenance: Acquired at Christie's Paris, 9. June 2015, lot 372. According to the catalogue entry it originally came from Galerie Ponati, Paris, 12 June 1972 (no document available).