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A SMALL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF DEWI SRI, JAVA

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A SMALL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF DEWI SRI, JAVA
A SMALL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF DEWI SRI, JAVA
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A SMALL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF DEWI SRI, JAVA

Indonesia, c. 12th-14th century. Standing in slight tribhanga on a circular double lotus base with beaded upper edge, the left arm lowered alongside the slender body with the hand holding a stock of rice. Dressed in a long dhoti and richly adorned with beaded jewelry. Her serene face with heavy-lidded eyes and full smiling lips, the hair piled up into an elaborate high chignon.

Provenance: From a private collection in Germany.
Condition: Good condition with wear and casting flaws. Some rubbing to gilt, light scratches, dents, minor losses. The gilding was renewed at a later time, probably during the 19th or earlier 20th century.

Weight: 163.7 g
Dimensions: Height 12.4 cm

Dewi Sri or Shridevi is the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese Hindu Goddess of rice and fertility, still widely worshiped on the Indonesian islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok. She is often associated or equated with the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu.

Literature comparison:
Compare a bronze statue of Dewi Sri from Java, dated to possibly the 9th-10th century, in Sonobudoyo Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie's New York, 21 March 2018, lot 327
Price: USD 5,000 or approx. EUR 5,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt silver figure of Jambhala, Indonesia, Java, 14th/15th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling with similar jewelry and the gilding. Note the size (5.2 cm) and that the gilt on this statue seems also to have been renewed at some point in time.

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A SMALL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF DEWI SRI, JAVA

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