Lot Essay
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.
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INDIA, KERALA, 16TH CENTURY
Details
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
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
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. 180 and 324, cat. no. 230
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996