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The Jain Goddess Ambika10th century

Not on view
Small bronze shrine sculpture with a standing multi-armed goddess on a lotus base within an ornate torana arch, flanked by attendant figures, on a stepped rectangular base
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
The Jain Goddess Ambika
Place Made
India, Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh
Date Made
10th century
Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (24.76 x 11.43 x 6.66 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.72.1.12
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.2. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1988.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. The Sacred and Secular in Indian Art. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California, 1974.
  • Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Puja and Piety: Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art from the Indian Subcontinent. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art in association with University of California Press, 2016.