A SANDSTONE YAKSHINI 10th CENTURYCentral India, 10th - 11th century. The pillar fragment carved in deep relief with a Yakshini in an expressive pose holding a fly whisk over her head. The facial features show distinct Jain influence. Provenance: A French private estate.Condition: Losses, wear and weathering as seen on the images in the catalogue and online at . Overall good state of preservation, especially given the high age of the statue. Beautiful, naturally grown patina.Weight: 23.1 kilograms.Dimensions: Height 59 cm (65 cm including the base).Yakshini or Yakshi are mythical beings of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology and the female counterpart of the male Yaksha. Being attendants of Kubera, the Hindu god of wealth, Yakshi are often depicted as beautiful and voluptuous, with a chauri (fly-whisk) in right hand, fleshy cheeks, with wide hips, narrow waists, broad shoulders, knotted hair and exaggerated, spherical breasts.Compare with a related sandstone Torso fragment of a Yakshi, also dating to the 10th - 11th century, at Sotheby’s New York in ‘Indian, Himalayan and South East Asian Art’, March 17th, 2015, lot 1080.