Live Auction 2510The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection
A bronze figure of a goddess
Lot 70

A bronze figure of a goddess

INDIA, KERALA, 16TH CENTURY

Closed22 March 2011

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USD 3,000

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A bronze figure of a goddess
India, Kerala, 16th century
Seated on a double-lotus base over a stepped plinth, adorned with torques and heavy necklaces, her hair pulled up into a tall chignon and backed by an elaborate leafy openwork aureole, a devotee prostrated before her
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high

The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996

Specialist note

The goddess holds a noose in her upper left hand, possibly linking her with or identifying her as a form of Kali. The depiction of the male deity kneeling in such a fashion is unusually life-like.