The Jain Goddess Ambika

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The Jain Goddess Ambika

India, Bihar, Shahabad District, 6th-7th century
Sculpture
Sandstone
27 x 18 x 10 in. (68.58 x 45.72 x 25.4 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Robert H. Ellsworth in honor of Dr. Pratapaditya Pal (M.90.165)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • El Universo de la India: Obras Maestras del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Angeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2012.

  • Pal, Pratapaditya. The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
  • El Universo de la India: Obras Maestras del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Angeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2012.

  • Pal, Pratapaditya. The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya; S. Andhare; J. Cort; S. Gorakshakar; P. Granoff; J. Guy; G. Larson; Stephen Markel.  The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994.
  • Peyton, Allysa B. and Katherine Anne Paul. Arts of South Asia: Cultures of Collecting. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2019.
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