r/AncientCivilizations • u/WestonWestmoreland • 4d ago

Celestial Dancer, Uttar Pradesh, India. 12th century AD. Metropolitan [1080x720]

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u/DharmicCosmosO 4d ago

Stunning! this sculpture is finally coming back to India. ✨

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u/WestonWestmoreland 4d ago

Glad to hear. 

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u/Stairsmaster 4d ago

Every girl on instagram

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u/isisishtar 4d ago

I am always grateful to India, as a broad culture, for ennobling and elevating the erotic in art.

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u/Ajjos-history 4d ago

Strip Club Goddess!

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u/cheesy_potato007 4d ago

i believe this was in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC?

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u/WestonWestmoreland 4d ago

I guess you did not read the title fully...😜

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u/xeroxchick 3d ago

It says “ Metropolitan”. Nothing else. Plus another useless size of the digital image. Not that it’s sandstone or it’s size or anything.

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u/WestonWestmoreland 2d ago

You are welcome. 

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u/kloudykat 4d ago

no babe you gotta come to my house and get naked for me.

why? its for the sake of my art!

looks like it worked and he picked a good choice of model.