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Unknown
Plaque with an Earth Goddesscirca 100 B.C.

Not on view
Small slate-gray clay relief plaque with a seated figure in low relief, flanked by vertical forms, set against a black background

Unknown, Plaque with an Earth Goddess, circa 100 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Indian Art Special Purpose Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Plaque with an Earth Goddess
Place Made
India, West Bengal, Chandraketugarh region
Date Made
circa 100 B.C.
Medium
Buff terracotta
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 1/8 in. (5.72 x 5.4 x .318 cm)
Credit Line
Indian Art Special Purpose Fund
Accession Number
M.77.36.2
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Larson, Gerald et al. In Her Image: The Great Goddess in Indian Asia and the Madonna in Christian Culture. Santa Barbara: UCSB Art Museum, University of California, 1980.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.1. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1986.