Goddess Gajalakshmi | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Goddess Gajalakshmi
The goddess Gajalakshmi sits in lotus position on a lotus throne in a pond. She is holding lotus buds in her hands, a prayer ring and a bael fruit. Jewellery, crown, parasol and servants with flywhisks identify her as a princess. Gajalakshmi is a manifestation of the Hindu goddess of luck, Shri (Lakshmi), wife of Vishnu. She is the goddess of prosperity, beauty and harmony, fertility and vegetation and protector of married women.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Plastik
Dimensions
Breite: 220.0 mm, Höhe: 270.0 mm, Tiefe: 50.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plastic
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
IV/0943
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
when
1911
where
India (location/origin)
Jaipur (location/origin)
who
Josef Mayer - Collectors
Provenance
Rudolf Mayer acquired the property in India, where he worked as a manager in a construction company in Allahabad from around 1865 to 1878. It is not known how he came into possession of the property.
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