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Rajastani Sacred Stone Dancer ( India & South Asia c. 1001 to c. 1999 )

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Medium
Rajastani dancer
Dimensions
30.00cm wide   33.00cm high (11.81 inches wide  12.99 inches high)
Condition:
Excellent, fragmentary as photographed
Description / Expertise
11th Century A.D

Big bosomed female dancer composition wearing beaded choker running between breasts. Similar examples adorn exterior of Temple of Kandariya Mahadeo of the Khajuraho complex, dating from second quarter of the eleventh century A.D, the meaning of such erotic images can be explained by the philosophical elaboration of several Shaivite sects; beneath the entire structure of Hinduism, profoundly philosophical as it is, there always lies a strong layer of religiosity rooted in the old phallic-fertility cults. In particular at Khajuraho, the German scholar Goetz suggests that such figures were intended to represent the sacred dancers of the temple whom the sovereign mated with in order to obtain divinity, it seems perfectly reasonable to assume this figure served similar purpose.

*given dimensions excl. stand, height with stand 50cm x 30cm (width of stand)
Price
gbp 900.00 (Pound Sterling)

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