Treasures from the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum

Author(s): L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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4 Bust of a Mother-Goddess
Greenish Schist, Tintoi, Shamlaji region, Gujarat. Ca. 7th Century. A.D. 33 x 31 x 20 cms. Acc. No. 1120 Gift of Smt. Madhuri D. Desai, Bombay
A full-breasted bust of the mother goddess (cut away from the bottom of the breasts) wears an omamental necklace, one of its central strands hanging between the breasts, armlets and ear ornaments resembling padma kundalas. The hair is tied in an elaborate bun above the head with a decorative ornamental hair-band. Her face is mutilated and the arms are broken.
See:U.P.Shah, Sculptures from Shamlajl and Roda Bulletin of the Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery (Ed. V.L.Devkar) Baroda, 1960
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