Lot Essay
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.
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NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Details
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
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
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. 149 and 315, cat. no. 195
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996