Beautiful Indian Big Antique Bronze Female Beauty Box- old collection Mumbai
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Gauri Beauty Box
A large and beautiful Bronze Votive Box in the form of female deity Gauri and Uma – the golden ones ,Northern India, late 19th to early 20th century
Provenance: old Massachusetts collection, collected in Mumbai 1960s
Gauri bronzes , created as votives for the Gauri festival, revere the beauty of the Hindu goddess Uma or Parvati and the possessor’s loved ones.
Gauri is meant to signify beauty..
Such items have been used in ancient and modern cultures and are generally made in order to gain favor with supernatural forces. They might be used year after year and passed from one generation to the next. Sometimes they are painted before the start of the worship period. Notice the sharp nose, lotus petal shaped eyes, eyebrows, shaping of the Gauri eyes and, small mouth . Today these bronzes have often been replaced by synthetic material and might be disposed of after the period of worship.
Rare survivor. Rare larger size. Warm Old original patina from appropriate age.
You’ll love this box!
Dimensions: 4.5 inches length
Item Details
- Country of Origin: India
- Materials: bronze
- Dimensions: N/A
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