While she cannot be identified specifically, this female is clearly a fertility deity. A robust figure, she grasps a bunch of mangoes. A native fruit of the Indian subcontinent, the mango represents both abundance and auspiciousness.
Details
- Title: Celestial Female with Mangoes
- Date: 13th century
- Medium: Brown gneiss
- Dimensions: 48-1/2 x 15-1/4 x 15-1/2 in. (123.2 x 38.7 x 39.4 cm)
- Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation
- Accession Number: F.1975.17.02.S
- Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation
Object Information
- Dye III, Joseph M., Asian Art: Selections from the Norton Simon Museum, 1988, fig. 17 pp. 32-33
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 1: Art from the Indian Subcontinent, 2003, no. 160 p. 205
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1237 p. 385
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