Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures / Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.131
- Title
- Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Tamil Nadu (state)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Tamil Nadu (state)
- Style/Group/Movement
- South Indian bronze
- Dimensions
- 11 cm x 4.5 cm x 3 cm (4 5/16 in. x 1 3/4 in. x 1 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- figure
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Secondary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- Shridevi stands in a tribhanga pose (with three bends) with her right arm hanging pendant to her side and holding a lotus bud in her left hand. She leans towards the figure of Vishnu in the grouping of three bronzes. She stands on a base consisting of a flat square element topped with a series of five round rings. She wears a decorated lower garment flared out on either side in a pattern. She wears a decorated belt and necklaces, bracelets and armlets, with shoulder loops, earrings and a crown. The jewelry and crown is highlighted with gold paint as is his clothing and the two attributes. She also wears a band across her breasts, a characteristic of Shridevi in groupings with Vishnu and his other consort, Bhudevi.
- Subject Matter
- Two goddesses often flank the god Vishnu. They go by a variety of names, but the most common are Bhudevi and Shridevi. Essentially Bhudevi is the earth goddess and Shridevi represents Lakshmi the goddess of fortune. There are generically rendered, merely holing a flower of various kinds, usually the lotus, but sometimes the blue water lily.
- Three bronzes form a group: Vishnu 1978/2.123, Bhudevi 1978/2.132 and Shridevi 1978/2.131
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- figures
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- religion
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 935 x 1195
- File Size
- 99 KB
- Record
- 1978/2.131
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"Visnhu triad: goddess Shri Devi, 1 of 3 figures; Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1978-sl-2.131/1978_2.131.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
