A deified woman, anonymous, 1300 - 1399

anonymous

A deified woman

1300 - 1399 · sculpture

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Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the sculpture

In the Majapahit kingdom on Java, members of the royal family were often identified with gods from Buddhism or Hinduism after their death. This relief represents the deified form of a queen or princess. She has four arms and is standing in a static, upright pose. She holds a lotus flower, a symbol of divinity, in her two front hands.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

Accession number
AK-RAK-2020-1

In the catalog

Sources

Neighbors at Rijksmuseum

Museum page