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SOUTH INDIA,TAMIL NADU, VIJAYANAGARA PERIOD, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BHUDEVI
SOUTH INDIA,TAMIL NADU, VIJAYANAGARA PERIOD, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana with the left hand extended in a boon-granting gesture and the left holding the stalk of a lotus, clad in an ankle-length dhoti and adorned with various jewelry, the wide face flanked by ornate earrings and the hair piled into a tall chignon and secured with a wide band, the head backed by a srirashchakra
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) high
SOUTH INDIA,TAMIL NADU, VIJAYANAGARA PERIOD, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Seated in lalitasana with the left hand extended in a boon-granting gesture and the left holding the stalk of a lotus, clad in an ankle-length dhoti and adorned with various jewelry, the wide face flanked by ornate earrings and the hair piled into a tall chignon and secured with a wide band, the head backed by a srirashchakra
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1990.
Literature
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 191 and 328, cat. no. 246.
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997, cat. no. 246.
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