Details
714 in. (18.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York, by 1970.
The Pan-Asian Collection (Christian Humann), New York, by 1977.
The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York, by 1982.
Christie’s New York, 21 September 2007, lot 360.
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Lot Essay

The present bronze figure of the goddess Uma stands upon a simple square plinth with her hands extended. Her pleated sampot is suspended from a charm-embellished belt and a central sash that tapers off in a fishtail shape. She is ornamented in fine jewelry, including a collar necklace, bracelets armbands, earrings, and an ornate diadem. The finally cast details of the face, clothing and jewelry are all indicative of the Angkor period. Uma was a favored goddess in Khmer Angkor, and while sandstone representations of the goddess abound, bronze devotional figures of Uma are considerably more rare.

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