A Gujarati/Rajasthani copper alloy shrine of Ambika. Dated 1501

A Gujarati/Rajasthani copper alloy shrine of Ambika. Dated 1501

A Gujarati/Rajasthani copper alloy shrine of Ambika, seated in lalitasana on a stepped openwork base, on her left leg one of her children, to her side another child, her foot placed on a lion, her hands holding a bunch of mango (amra), pasha and ankusha, above her crown a seated figure of Neminatha. Small silver inlays. Inscription at the back dated samvat 1558, in the light half of the month asarh (1501).
Height 14,8 cm

Provenance

Collection Günter Heil (1938-2014), Berlin