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Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 17th Century
Bronze
Height: 9 in (23 cm)
Width: 5 in (12.5 cm)
Depth: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY


An image of a four-armed female deity, possibly identified as the goddess, Mansadevi. The goddess is standing on a lotus pedestal over a waisted plinth. She is backed by a decorative aureole with a trefoil arch and a kirtimukha at the top. A five-hooded serpent surmounts the goddess. In the lower right hand, she holds a betelnut, mace, spinning disc, and bowl. The crescent of her conical crown is a shiva linga with a hooded serpent and she is dressed in a breast band, necklaces, armlets, bracelets, and anklets.

Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 17th Century
Bronze
Height: 9 in (23 cm)
Width: 5 in (12.5 cm)
Depth: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY


An image of a four-armed female deity, possibly identified as the goddess, Mansadevi. The goddess is standing on a lotus pedestal over a waisted plinth. She is backed by a decorative aureole with a trefoil arch and a kirtimukha at the top. A five-hooded serpent surmounts the goddess. In the lower right hand, she holds a betelnut, mace, spinning disc, and bowl. The crescent of her conical crown is a shiva linga with a hooded serpent and she is dressed in a breast band, necklaces, armlets, bracelets, and anklets.