Rajasthan, India
10th century
Stone
Height 21 1/4 in (54 cm), Width 16 in (40.6 cm), 119 lbs
Provenance: Private collection, Honolulu, HI
Fertility goddesses of different types were an important component of early Indian nature cults and were eventually assimilated into the symbolic repertoire of later Indian religious art. These youthful, sensuous figures personify fertility, maternity, and Indian ideals of feminine beauty, expressing various aspects of the female character — triumphant and fierce, as well as passive and dependent. Temple sculpture of this type from western India reached a peak of refinement during the tenth century, when Rajasthan workshops produced figures of remarkable formal sophistication.
This delicately carved figure of a goddess, with its softly rounded forms and ornamentation, is typical of temple sculpture from the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The large size of the figure and attendants attest to her importance within the temple program for which she was made. The quality of carving and the preservation of surface detail across the figure and its attendants mark this as an accomplished example of medieval Indian temple production.
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Rajasthan, India
10th century
Stone
Height 21 1/4 in (54 cm), Width 16 in (40.6 cm), 119 lbs
Provenance: Private collection, Honolulu, HI
Fertility goddesses of different types were an important component of early Indian nature cults and were eventually assimilated into the symbolic repertoire of later Indian religious art. These youthful, sensuous figures personify fertility, maternity, and Indian ideals of feminine beauty, expressing various aspects of the female character — triumphant and fierce, as well as passive and dependent. Temple sculpture of this type from western India reached a peak of refinement during the tenth century, when Rajasthan workshops produced figures of remarkable formal sophistication.
This delicately carved figure of a goddess, with its softly rounded forms and ornamentation, is typical of temple sculpture from the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The large size of the figure and attendants attest to her importance within the temple program for which she was made. The quality of carving and the preservation of surface detail across the figure and its attendants mark this as an accomplished example of medieval Indian temple production.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
