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NORTHEASTERN INDIA OR TIBET, 12TH-13TH CENTURY 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high
This sculptural fragment, cast with figures on both the front and back, is a single lotus petal from a larger three-dimensional sculpture of a lotus stalk and blossom enclosing a central figure. The figure on the interior-facing side is a dakini, likely from a Hevajra mandala, and the exterior-facing side of the petal depicts the mahasiddha, Virupa in the charnel grounds, mimicking such hierarchies in two-dimensional mandala paintings. Such three-dimensional lotus mandalas first originated in Northeastern India during the Pala period; for a complete example, see P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals, A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, Los Angeles, 1977, p. 96, no. 57.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24535.