Title: 13" Standing Goddess Durga Tribal Brass Statue | Dhokra Art Description: Mother-goddesses and their reverence is a powerful cultural tradition across continents, for centuries. Each group and region have its own way of worshipping the divine feminine. In this Dhokra brass statue, we discover the beauty and devotion of tribal artists of Central India, who have presented the powerful mother goddess Durga in a disntictively tribal idiom, making the icon a rare example of richness of simple ashtetics. As a towering presence, Maa Durga stands facing the onlooker, on her roaring lion, who tramples the buffalo-demon or Mahishasura. A fish tail shaped skirt, lovely ornament and a regal crown adorn the goddess, whose Dashabhuja or ten-armed warring form appears benevolent as the goddess distnitively displays a smile on her face. The icon has been supported by a a backrest, embellished with geometrical patterns, joined to the pedestal. The technique of Dhokra boasts its links to the civilisation of Indus Valley, making the statues with mud molds and wax strings pressed in the mud to obtain the distinct lined pattern on the artworks, a process also known as lost-wax technique. Reference: itemcode: DDD351
Reserve: $409.00
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