A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Indian art by J. C. Harle and Andrew Topsfield (published Oxford, 1987).
Closely related to contemporary yakshi figures in terracotta, this bronze figure may have formed a leg for a low stool or table.
Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 9 on pp. 8-9, p. 6, illus. p. 8
Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 6 October-13 December 1992, The Crossroads of Asia: Transformation in Image and Symbol in the Art of Ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan, Elizabeth Errington, Joe Cribb, and Maggie Claringbull, eds, 90 (Cambridge: Ancient India and Iran Trust, 1992)
Ahuja, Naman, ‘Early Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum - Catalogue in progress’, 2016, no. 31.1
yakshi
A semi-divine female nature spirit.
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