Chandraketugarh 1 Sec Bc

Rare and elaborate figure with a prominent belly, a high headdress, and ostentatious jewelry in the typical style characteristic of the Chandraketugarh culture. The iconography is associated with that of Kubera, the lord of wealth and prosperity. Sculptures of this type are more commonly found in terracotta, while ours is in ivory. Old restoration For a comparative example, but in terracotta, see the one held at the MET, New York, Acc. no. 1990.309 and related bibliography: Bautze, Joachim Karl. Early Indian Terracottas. Iconography of Religions. Section XIII, Indian Religions; fasc. 17. Leiden; New York: E. J. Brill Publishers, 1995, pl. 40(b). Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles