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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A BRONZE FIGURE OF DEVI
INDIA, PROBABLY ORISSA, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF DEVI
INDIA, PROBABLY ORISSA, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
Standing with the right leg crossed over the left, clad in a short dhoti and adorned with armlets and necklaces, the round face with large almond-shaped eyes and flanked by circular earrings, the hair arranged in a short bun suspending a long tassel down the back
10 ¾ in. (27 cm.) high, 12 ½ in. (31.2 cm.) high with tang, softwood stand
INDIA, PROBABLY ORISSA, 17TH CENTURY OR LATER
Standing with the right leg crossed over the left, clad in a short dhoti and adorned with armlets and necklaces, the round face with large almond-shaped eyes and flanked by circular earrings, the hair arranged in a short bun suspending a long tassel down the back
10 ¾ in. (27 cm.) high, 12 ½ in. (31.2 cm.) high with tang, softwood stand
Provenance
Collection of Alice Boney, Tokyo, by 1970.
The Irving Collection, no. 801, by 1980.
The Irving Collection, no. 801, by 1980.
Literature
H. Munsterberg, Art of India and Southeast Asia, New York, 1970, p. 142.