Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Lacquer-red and spotless, with two small round dots like rouge on a cheek.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. Dams planned along the Narmada since the 1940s have steadily removed the dry season that harvesting depends on, so gathering genuine lingams from the riverbed has become close to impossible. Upright oval on a black disc in rich brick red. The surface is glassy and even, marked only by two small circular pale-red spots and a few hairline scratches running lengthwise. A soft highlight slides down the left. It is 9.5 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Immaculate, with two beauty marks and not a hair out of place.