A bronze figure of Hevajra and Nairatmya
A bronze figure of Hevajra and Nairatmya

NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

細節
A bronze figure of Hevajra and Nairatmya
Northeastern India, Pala period, 11th/12th century
Finely cast with Hevajra embracing Nairatmya as they stride in alidhasana over prone figures on a round openwork lotus base, he with five faces, sixteen arms and four legs, both wearing silver jewelry and holding various implements
5 in. (12.8 cm.) high
來源
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
出版
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 149 and 315, cat. no. 195
展覽
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996

拍品專文

The openwork base with evenly spaced loops would likely have been for attachment of separately moving lotus leaves, making it the center of a bronze articulated mandala.