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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
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A black stone stele of Padmapani
Northeastern India, Pala period, 10th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with his pendant foot resting on a separate lotus, his lower right hand in varadamudra and his lower left supporting his weight and holding the stem of a lotus blossoming at his shoulder, with a mala and book in the upper two hands, dressed in a short dhoti and adorned with the sacred thread and various necklaces, the face with elongated and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna and surmounted by a low diadem, the hair in curly locks at the forehead and arranged in a tall chignon fronted by a diminutive image of Amitabha, surrounded by the Buddhist creed and a foliate border
18¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Pala period, 10th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with his pendant foot resting on a separate lotus, his lower right hand in varadamudra and his lower left supporting his weight and holding the stem of a lotus blossoming at his shoulder, with a mala and book in the upper two hands, dressed in a short dhoti and adorned with the sacred thread and various necklaces, the face with elongated and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna and surmounted by a low diadem, the hair in curly locks at the forehead and arranged in a tall chignon fronted by a diminutive image of Amitabha, surrounded by the Buddhist creed and a foliate border
18¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Japan
Distinguished Private Collection, acquired from Christie's New York, 25 March 2004, lot 40
Distinguished Private Collection, acquired from Christie's New York, 25 March 2004, lot 40
Literature
Sacred Beauty: A Millennium of Religious Art, 600-1600, McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 7 Sept 2007 - 6 Jan 2008, p. 8
Exhibited
Sacred Beauty: A Millennium of Religious Art, 600-1600, McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 7 Sept 2007 - 6 Jan 2008