Lot Essay
According to Pal, this sculpture was likely carried as a charm or portable shrine (gau).
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TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Details
A stone figure of Heruka
Tibet, 13th/14th century
Finely modeled dancing in ardhaparyankasana over a prostrated figure atop a lotus base, the hands holding a staff, vajra and kapala, wearing multiple necklaces and disk-shaped earrings, the hair in a flaming topknot, backed by a halo and torana
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high
Tibet, 13th/14th century
Finely modeled dancing in ardhaparyankasana over a prostrated figure atop a lotus base, the hands holding a staff, vajra and kapala, wearing multiple necklaces and disk-shaped earrings, the hair in a flaming topknot, backed by a halo and torana
3 3/8 in. (8.5 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. 151 and 316, cat. no. 197
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996