Indonesian Lingam Offering Pulpit or Fountain with Figural Carving

Seated figures line the base, in no hurry at all.

This lingam offering pulpit or fountain with figural carving comes from Central Java, Indonesia, in carved lava stone, and is catalogued simply as ancient. In Hindu practice, lingams are bathed with water and other offerings that then drain away through a spout. A rounded, banded shaft rises from a square socket at the center of a broad stone platform. Along the side of the base, a row of seated figures sits in low relief beside a leafy tree form, and scrolling relief fills the other panels. It stands 34 inches high, 39 wide and 50 deep.

Heavy devotion, in the literal sense.