Description
INDIA, 19th century
Polychrome stucco sculpture
Depicting Krishna subduing the serpent Kaliya. The deity is shown standing, with her right leg resting on the body of a serpent; she is clad in a short loincloth, his pot-bellied stomach covered by a necklace with a circular pendant; one hand rests on his hip and holds the tip of the sacred serpent’s tail, whilst the other hand is missing.
Height: 46.5 cm
(Signs of wear and loss of polychrome)
See original version (French)
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