Goddess (Yakshi)

ca. 100 CE (Kushan)

28 cm 58 cm 14 cm

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"Yakshis" (goddesses) and their male counterparts, "yakshas," are an ancient type of divinity in South Asia with close connections to nature. Ancient communities looked to "yakshis" and "yakshas" as protectors of the earth’s bounty. These nature-spirit deities were later adopt...

Sculpture

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35373
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Doris Wiener, New York; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, 1969; given to Walters Art Museum, 2003.
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en
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7
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Mathuran
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