A Carved Wooden Yakshi Sculpture

This sculpture is in the style of of Hindu temple sculpture as seen in Central India Rajasthan, it is a female earth goddess, holding a love letter, and standing with her attendant. Similar to a stone sculpture of a yakshi from the 11th century in the collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University.

42.5 in.

Some fingertips on both hands have been lost; stress cracks to wood; rubbing and wear to edges.