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Metropolitan Museum Art Repro of Nepal Uma Parvati Hindu Goddess Bronze 1988

$439.00

Presented is a fantastic quality bronze statue sold by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1988, after the Nepalese original dating to the 9th or 10th century. The statue depicts a seated figure of Uma, mother goddess and consort of Shiva, with whom she was originally depicted as one figural grouping. The bronze is very detailed and well done, with regal facial features, ornate flowery openwork headdress, and little orange and turquoise color gems adorning the goddess' jewelry. This bronze would have been a very high end item from the MMA, rendered so faithful and very nearly life-size to the original as it is.

This statue is in great overall condition. There are no breaks or repairs to the bronze itself. The patina is in great shape. The glass/semiprecious gemstones adorning her headdress and jewelry have some losses, which for the most part is a deliberate recreation of the original statue's condition. A couple of the gemstone settings have some visible glue, however, which means those stones are indeed missing. Of course, considering the nature of the piece, this is going to be very hard to distinguish.

The underside is signed with a copyright symbol, MMA for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the year 1988.

This piece measures about 13 3/4 inches tall, with a footprint of about 11 by 7 3/4 inches. -jm

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