A wooden strut with a goddess
A wooden strut with a goddess

NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY

Details
A wooden strut with a goddess
Nepal, 17th century
Carved with a large figure of a four-armed goddess standing in a dance pose on a lotus base beneath overhanging branches, holding a vajra and lotus bud, wearing a long striated dhoti and large foliate tiara
36¾ in. (93.2 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983

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