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A Mottled Red Sandstone Yakshi
Lot 45

A Mottled Red Sandstone Yakshi

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, MATHURA, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY

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A Mottled Red Sandstone Yakshi
India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, circa 2nd Century
3arved in high relief with a fertility goddess, her sensuous upper torso in tribhanga holding a bunch of lotus blossoms in her raised left hand, adorned with necklaces and earrings and carefully coiled hair
18 in. (45.5 cm.) high

Dr. J.R. Belmont Collection, Basel, before 1966;
Pan-Asian Collection

Specialist note

This fragment likely formed part of a railing post. Unabashedly displaying her physical charms, she holds lotuses. Yakshis, generally regarded as nature or fertility goddesses, are usually associated with trees, while this particular yakshi is associated with water by her attributes.