A Hindu Goddess

Description This grand figure resembles those at a temple consisting of a circular enclosure built to contain no fewer than 81 images of female deities around its circumference. These deities, known as "yogini," were thought to bestow worldly success and magical powers.

Exhibitions

• Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque. 2001-2003.

Provenance Doris Wiener, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.

Credit Gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2003