K0398 KHMER DANCING YOGINI
Angkor Period, Style of Banyon, 13th Century
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KHMER DANCING YOGINI
Angkor Period, style of Bayon,
13th Century
Sandstone
Height 105cm, Width cm,
Price: PRICE ON REQUEST
Description: This graceful dancing figure represents a Yogini, a female yoga practitioner. The present Yogini holds a Vajra in the right hand, identifying her as Dombini who appears in the Hevajra Mandala as the keeper of the northwest portal.
The Yogini is dressed in a typical Khmer Sampot, and is adorned with lavish jewelry including a pectoral with back pendants.
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