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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Maitreya
Northeastern India, Pala period, 12th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, his pendant foot resting on a lotus, the eyes and urna inlaid with silver, wearing a long thin dhoti and a silver sacred thread around the torso, the hair drawn into a high chignon centered by a stupa, a rich brown patina overall
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
Northeastern India, Pala period, 12th century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, his pendant foot resting on a lotus, the eyes and urna inlaid with silver, wearing a long thin dhoti and a silver sacred thread around the torso, the hair drawn into a high chignon centered by a stupa, a rich brown patina overall
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 140 and 313, cat. no. 182
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996