figure
Figure
18th century-19th Century (made)
18th century-19th Century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A seated female figure with ten arms and protruding teeth. Her right hands, from top downwards, are holding (1) trident, (2) small human figure a gana and personification of an arrow, (3) dagger, (4) cobra, and (5) skull-cap. She wears a fan-shaped headdress with a small human head set in the centre. The costume consists of a patterned lower garment, and round her chest a cobra is coiled. Her right leg is pendent and resting on the body of a dwarf, the latter with dagger and shield. To the right is the figure of her mount, a lion, with right paw raised. The goddess is cast in one piece with a lotus pedestal and flat square base.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | figure (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | solid cast |
| Brief description | Kali- Solid cast seated figure, bronze, South India, 18/19th century. |
| Physical description | A seated female figure with ten arms and protruding teeth. Her right hands, from top downwards, are holding (1) trident, (2) small human figure a gana and personification of an arrow, (3) dagger, (4) cobra, and (5) skull-cap. She wears a fan-shaped headdress with a small human head set in the centre. The costume consists of a patterned lower garment, and round her chest a cobra is coiled. Her right leg is pendent and resting on the body of a dwarf, the latter with dagger and shield. To the right is the figure of her mount, a lion, with right paw raised. The goddess is cast in one piece with a lotus pedestal and flat square base. |
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| Style | |
| Object history | Purchased from B.F.Stevens and Brown Limited, Fine Art Agents of London WC1, in 1948 for a sum of £7. |
| Production | South India |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Guy, John: 'Indian Temple Sculpture', London, V & A Publication, 2007, p.135, pl.52.
ISBN 9781851775095. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.77-1948 |
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| Record created | November 8, 2001 |
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