Bust of a Yogini
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Bust of a Yogini
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Published 2017-06-06T15:51:07+00:00
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Bust of one of the sixty-four Yogini. A female figure with large rounded breasts and arms missing. She wears a tall coronet, large circular earrings and a necklace, The details are weathered, but there are indications that she was originally depicted as fearsome, with projecting teeth. Yoginis (practioners of Yoga) formed a group of 64 demons who were followers of the goddess Durga (or Kali).
Gallery location:
South-East Asia, Room 47b, case BNC, shelf 3
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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| Date published | 06/06/2017 |
| Complexity | Medium |
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| Title | Bust of a Yogini |
| Date | 9th century |
| Dimension | Height: 63.5 cm |
| Accession | IS.9-1969 |
| Period | Pratihara period |
| Medium | Quartzitic sandstone |
| Credit | Bought from Spink and So Limited |
| Record | http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O24779/bust-of-a-yogini-bust-unknown/ |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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