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

Work Types:

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>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: Ninth century

Creator Display:

unknown Indian, ninth century [preferred,VP]

creator unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241]

Locations:

Creation: Uttar Pradesh [7016722] (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)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	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)