A DARK GREY STONE DEPICTING CHAKRASAMVARA EASTERN INDIA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY | Chakrasamvara

the finely carved twelve-armed Heruka clasping his consort Vajravarahi with his principal arms crossed at the wrist behind her holding the vajra and ghanta in prajnalinganabhinaya, with prescribed ritual implements held in the remaining hands of the outstretched arms, a flayed elephant skin draped behind, Samvara stepping to his left in alidha, and trampling Bhairava and Kalaratri lying prostrate on a lotus pedestal supported by a stepped platform, the group surrounded by a flaming halo

Sotheby's New York, March 19, 2008, lot 270.

In excellent condition for an object of this type and age. With areas of accretions in the creases and grooves of the sculpture.With minor areas of red polychromy visible on the consort figure. Loss to the upper part of the aureole on the left side showing minor restoration where a small piece has been glued back onto the sculpture.
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This exquisite miniature sculpture is one of a number that have survived from the workshops of Pala India, mostly now preserved in Tibetan monastery collections, see Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong Kong, 2001, p. 385, pl. 123C-D.