Local deity
India, Tamil Nadu
Pudokottai area
18th/19th century
Bronze alloy
Cm. 12,9
Price on request.

Who are these threadlike, almost proto-Giacometti figures towering with offerings in their hands and gazing into infinity? They come from Tamil Nadu, and more specifically from the Pudukkotai area. Perhaps they are local deities placed on the household altar or even temple offerings, or perhaps they are ex-votos as tangible thanks for a motherhood granted or a grace received. They show a popular but refined taste in the stylization of forms and in their elegant simplicity.