Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Rust brown fading into mossy green, as if painted wet-on-wet.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. The word Tantric is Sanskrit for to expand, and Tantra is described as a form of religious practice combining ritual, art, science and philosophy, overlaid on Hinduism and Buddhism. Warm brown and burnt orange at the upper left blend gradually into deep olive green on the right and lower body. A plump oval with a smooth satin surface. The outline has no corners anywhere. It is 8.75 inches high and 5.5 in diameter.

Blended with no seams and no hurry.