Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

A single form with no ornament, and nothing to add.

This Tantric lingam comes from India, of indeterminate age, in quartz crystal with iron oxide inclusions. In Hindu devotion, the lingam is a sign of Shiva, and smooth egg-shaped stones are honored in shrines and in Tantric practice as a form of the divine that no carver has altered. The surface is a warm sand color, with fine veins running over it. A broad reddish band circles the upper third, with a thin pale line inside it, and more of the same red shows at the base. It stands 11 inches high and 6.25 in diameter.

The form has been enough for a very long time.