Devi
Figure
ca.1800-1850 (made)
ca.1800-1850 (made)
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The goddess stands in the tribhanga position with her left hand holding up a lotus blossom and the right one hanging by her side. She wears a breast band and has her hair piled up on her head in locks which swirl round on the right hand side of her head. This hairstyle together with the third eye that she has in the middle of her forehead suggest she is a Shaivite goddess, therefore the earlier identification as Lakshmi is probably erroneous. It has been suggested that she might be a consort of Karttikeya, Shiva's son, who is one of the most prominent deities in southern India and one of group of figure associated with a shrine. She stand on a lotus pedestal with fringed petals projecting at their ends out from the circular plinth which rests on a plain rectangular base.
Object details
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Title | Devi (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Copper alloy, casting |
Brief description | Goddess Devi, copper alloy, S.India, 1825-1875 |
Physical description | The goddess stands in the tribhanga position with her left hand holding up a lotus blossom and the right one hanging by her side. She wears a breast band and has her hair piled up on her head in locks which swirl round on the right hand side of her head. This hairstyle together with the third eye that she has in the middle of her forehead suggest she is a Shaivite goddess, therefore the earlier identification as Lakshmi is probably erroneous. It has been suggested that she might be a consort of Karttikeya, Shiva's son, who is one of the most prominent deities in southern India and one of group of figure associated with a shrine. She stand on a lotus pedestal with fringed petals projecting at their ends out from the circular plinth which rests on a plain rectangular base. |
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Object history | Transferred to the South Kensington Museum from the India Museum in 1879. The India Museum Slips number this object 375 and suggest with a question mark that it came from the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1855. It was described as a figure of Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu. |
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Accession number | 615(IS) |
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Record created | July 31, 2003 |
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