Yogi

12th century

9 cm 11 cm 7.1 cm

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This figure represents a yogi wearing his yogic band over his left shoulder. Like a divinity he sits on a lotus in the heroic "virasana" posture. In his lap he holds a skull cup revealing his role as a tantric teacher. This posture and iconography is common to Pala sculpture o...

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37055
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Gantan Shaka, Kathmandu, Nepal; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, Winter 1974, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
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en
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2
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