A copper alloy figure of Hariti, India, Pala period, circa 12th century

Collection of James W. Alsdorf (1913-90).

Sotheby's New York, 5th December 1992, lot 42.

Now is the time, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa, 1995.

This rare depiction of the goddess Hariti in bronze reveals her seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne, with a child seated on her left knee and touching her breast, holding a fruit in her right hand. For similar iconography from the Pala period, see a black stone example preserved in the Art Institute of Chicago, accession number 1923.317.

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