Zemanek-Münster

Convolute of eight small sculptures

India, Madhya Pradesh, District Bastar
sold EUR 200
Provenance
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany
Size
H: 5 cm - 18 cm
H: 2.0 inch - 7.1 inch

Description

bronze, two of the figures probably depict the goddess “Dantesvari”, who is regarded as the family goddess of the former ruling house of Bastar and thus as the “state goddess”.

These figures were placed on shrines, or donated to a temple in gratitude for the goddess’s help in an emergency situation or for answering a request.


Comparing literature

Duvinage, Fabrice, Götterwelt Indiens, Hildesheim 1997, p. 227 ff.

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