NAGINI STELE INDIA - PALA PERIOD, XTH/XIE CENTURY
Basalt
The serpent goddess is seated in lalitasana on a lotiform base, holding a snake in her left hand. The hoods of a polycephalic naga unfold around her head. She is accompanied by an ascetic in mortification, a bodhisattva and several hybrid nagas. On the front of the base, two orants in anjali mudra. (Restorations and fillings)
A basalt stele of a Nagini
India - Pala dynasty, 10th/11th century
28 x 17 cm
Provenance :
- Former French private collection
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