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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Padmapani
Northeastern India, Pala Period, 12th century
Standing over a double-lotus base with beaded rims, his right hand lowered in abhaya mudra and his left hand clutching a lotus stem, wearing a short dhoti incised with striations and stippled patterns and secured by a belt with beaded festoons, the hair piled into a high chignon and secured with a tiara tied with ribbons, a thick lock falling on either shoulder, flanked by two tall flowerheads issuing from the base
6¼ in. (15.5 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Pala Period, 12th century
Standing over a double-lotus base with beaded rims, his right hand lowered in abhaya mudra and his left hand clutching a lotus stem, wearing a short dhoti incised with striations and stippled patterns and secured by a belt with beaded festoons, the hair piled into a high chignon and secured with a tiara tied with ribbons, a thick lock falling on either shoulder, flanked by two tall flowerheads issuing from the base
6¼ in. (15.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Alex Biancardi Collection, London, 1970s
Exhibited
On loan to the Honolulu Academy of Arts, March 2005-March 2008
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