figure
- Museum number
- 1872,0701.54
- Description
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Figures (group of). Lalita flanked by Gaṇeśa and Kārttikeya. The goddess stands in front of a typically elaborate eastern Indian throne-back and holds a mirror. Made of stone (basalt). The top of the slab behind the head of the figure is missing.
- Production date
- 11thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 111.30 centimetres
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Width: 64 centimetres
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Depth: 18.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Blurton 1992:
The iconography of the goddess is a matter of debate, but it has been suggested (Maitra 1989) that the object held in her upper right hand is a stick for applying eye make-up, an identification entirely in keeping with the mirror which she holds in her other hand.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1994, Kyoto National Museum, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
1994, Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from the British Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by John Bridge at the Stuart sale at Christie's in June, 1830. The collection was given to the British Museum in 1872 by Mrs John Bridge and his nieces, Miss Fanny Bridge and Mrs Edgar Baker, on the death that year of George Bridge, brother of John Bridge.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1872,0701.54
