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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
2016
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Art of the Orient
Année: 2016, Volume: 5, Pages: 79-91 |
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| Résumé: | 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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| ISSN: | 2658-1671 |
| Contient: | 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 |