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| Keywords: Indian - An Ascetic Shaiva Deity - Walters 25255.jpg The elaborate hairdo and the strap that helps to keep his legs in position identify this figure as a yogi and an ascetic He sits on a cushion with his legs crossed at the ankles His large bulging eyes too are signifiers of the inner heat of a powerful yogi He has a well-groomed beard and moustache both of which are standard features of royal portraits in Madhya Pradesh sculptures However he is completely devoid of any ornament and wears only a narrow sash tied diagonally across his torso Nevertheless his elongated earlobes as one sees in Buddhist images and the four arms indicate that he is a deity ca 1000 1200 sandstone cm 59 1 40 6 25 4 accession number 25 255 17310 Doris Weiner Gallery New York New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Sotheby's New York New York June 17 1993 sale no 6440 lot 85 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore 1993 by purchase Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2004 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Madhya Pradesh Walters Art Museum license Art of India in the Walters Art Museum Shaivism Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
