An enigmatic female ascetic figure from Mathura
Many of Mathura’s goddesses defy clear-cut explanations and neat categorisation, often leaving modern viewers in a conundrum. A late-Kuṣāṇa / early Gupta period torso of a female deity currently on display at the Government Museum, Mathura and labelled by the museum as a yakṣī presents just such an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Torun
Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
2016
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Art of the Orient
Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Pages: 79-91 |
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| Summary: | Many of Mathura’s goddesses defy clear-cut explanations and neat categorisation, often leaving modern viewers in a conundrum. A late-Kuṣāṇa / early Gupta period torso of a female deity currently on display at the Government Museum, Mathura and labelled by the museum as a yakṣī presents just such an iconographic puzzle. This paper examines the unusual iconography of this figure, particularly her bowl, against the background of ascetic practices in early Mathura. |
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| Item Description: | Elektronische Reproduktion der Druckausgabe |
| ISSN: | 2658-1671 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Art of the Orient
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.11588/ao.2016.0.8734 URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-ao-87341 |
