Ushnishavijava – The Victorious Cranial Protuberance
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Orientation 3
Display 3
ABS 170
Code: ABS 170
Country: India (north-east)
Style: Late Pala Style
Date: 1050 - 1150
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 5.3 x 7.3 x 2.4
Materials: Yellowish-beige stone
Ushnisha Vijaya – The Victorious Cranial Protuberance
The four-faced goddess appears adorned with the royal attire of the divine manifestations, seated legs crossed in meditation on double lotus pedestal. With her eight arms, she performs symbolic gestures and brandishes various attributes among which a small Buddha effigy, a crossed vajra, an arrow and a bow. This designates her as an unusual form of the goddess Ushnisha Vijaya, the “Victorious cranial protuberance”. This goddess, popular in Tibetan Buddhism, is invoked for longevity practices along with Amitayus and White Tara.
Carved in beige stone, this sculpture is the work of an Indian artist from North-Eastern India and possibly made for a Tibetan Buddhist devotee. The Pala and Sena Indian dynasties produced a large quantity of stone sculptures, some of which exported by pilgrims, disseminating this aesthetic in all Buddhist world.
The four-faced goddess appears adorned with the royal attire of the divine manifestations, seated legs crossed in meditation on double lotus pedestal. With her eight arms, she performs symbolic gestures and brandishes various attributes among which a small Buddha effigy, a crossed vajra, an arrow and a bow. This designates her as an unusual form of the goddess Ushnisha Vijaya, the “Victorious cranial protuberance”. This goddess, popular in Tibetan Buddhism, is invoked for longevity practices along with Amitayus and White Tara.
Carved in beige stone, this sculpture is the work of an Indian artist from North-Eastern India and possibly made for a Tibetan Buddhist devotee. The Pala and Sena Indian dynasties produced a large quantity of stone sculptures, some of which exported by pilgrims, disseminating this aesthetic in all Buddhist world.