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INDIA, KERALA, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Vaishnavi
India, Kerala, 16th century
Seated on a round lotus base over a stepped plinth and holding a conch and chakra in her upper hands, adorned with torques and heavy necklaces, her hair piled into a tall chignon, backed by a leafy openwork aureole
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
India, Kerala, 16th century
Seated on a round lotus base over a stepped plinth and holding a conch and chakra in her upper hands, adorned with torques and heavy necklaces, her hair piled into a tall chignon, backed by a leafy openwork aureole
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 185 and 326, cat. no. 238
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996