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ID: 700008391 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008391 | Record Type: Movable Work |
The Goddess Gauri (carving (visual work); unknown Indian, ninth century ; Ninth century; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles c...; M.82.226) | |
Note: Schist carving of the four-armed goddess flanked by two adoring female figures. The central figure of Gauri stands on a tortoiselike iguana. Her lower-right hand displays the gesture of charity, her upper-right arm is broken. In her lower -left had she holds an ascetic's waterpot, in the upper-left hand a staff surmounted by a crook. | |
Titles: |
The Goddess Gauri (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
carving (visual work) [300047203] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: Ninth century |
unknown Indian, ninth century [preferred,VP] |
creator unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241] |
Locations: |
Creation: Uttar Pradesh [7016722] India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Current: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: M.82.226 |
Display Materials: chlorite schist |
chlorite [300011079] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, clay mineral) |
schist [300011626] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock) |
Dimensions: 16 1/2 inches (42 cm) |
religion and mythology (preferred) |
human figures |
Gauri [901000855] | |
.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
kundika [300391238] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, <containers for personal use>, <containers for personal grooming and hygiene>) (AAT) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Sources and Contributors: | |
The Goddess Gauri | ........ [VP] |
........ Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988) | |
Subject: ....... [VP] |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988) | |
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