Female nature spirit

anoniem, c. 100 - c. 200

A female nature spirit (yakshi) stands beneath a tree. On her left shoulder she is carrying a basket with toilet articles. The fabric of her clothing as diaphanous, so that it clearly reveals the luscious curves of her body. This sculpted pilaster formed part of the railing of a stupa, a Buddhist shrine.

Artwork typesculpture, fragment, yakshi, pijler
Object numberAK-MAK-303
Dimensionsheight 95.0 cm x width 22.0 cm x depth 15.0 cm
Physical characteristicszandsteen

Identification

Title(s)
Female nature spirit
Object type
Object number
AK-MAK-303
Description
Pijler van een stupa-omheining voorstellende een yakshini met een offerande. De pijler is uitgevoerd in rode zandsteen met geel-witte stippen.
Catalogue reference
- D. Gupta, Buddhist sculpture from Sanghol. A recent discovery. New Delhi, 1985.
- Heinz Mode, Mathura: Metropole altindischer Steinskulptur, Leipzig 1986, fign. 12-14 ; 17-19, 22.
- A.K. Coomaraswamy, Yaksas, Washington 1928-1931.
- G. Roth, 'The woman and Tree Motif, Salabhanjika-dalama-lika ni Prakrit + Sanskrit texts with special reference to Silpasastra including notes on Dohada and related Jaina Texts', Jaina Journal, Calcutta XIV 14 april 1980. p. 147-185.
- Veilingcat. Collection Léonce Rosenberg, Amsterdam (A.Mak), 13 januari 1920, nr. 47.

Creation

Creation
anoniem, Mathura
Dating
c. 100 - c. 200
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Material and technique

Physical description
zandsteen
Material
Dimensions
height 95.0 cm x width 22.0 cm x depth 15.0 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase heirs W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, 1960)
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Léonce Rosenberg (1879-1947);{Note RMA.}...; from the heirs of Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (1874-1950), fl. 9,500, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1960;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

- D. Gupta, Buddhist sculpture from Sanghol. A recent discovery. New Delhi, 1985.
- Heinz Mode, Mathura: Metropole altindischer Steinskulptur, Leipzig 1986, fign. 12-14 ; 17-19, 22.
- A.K. Coomaraswamy, Yaksas, Washington 1928-1931.
- G. Roth, 'The woman and Tree Motif, Salabhanjika-dalama-lika ni Prakrit + Sanskrit texts with special reference to Silpasastra including notes on Dohada and related Jaina Texts', Jaina Journal, Calcutta XIV 14 april 1980. p. 147-185.
- Veilingcat. Collection Léonce Rosenberg, Amsterdam (A.Mak), 13 januari 1920, nr. 47.

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