Cleveland Museum of Art
Royal Female Donor
- Date
- c. 1500
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- Nepal
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Carrying a lamp in one hand, this female figure draped in finery was probably included as the donor of a sculptural group. She wears a complex headdress consisting of a network of beads and plaques joined together, ending in a bell at her forehead and crowning a long cloth that reaches to her waist. Her position on a lotus flower may indicate the transcendent state she attained as a result of the karmic merit of her donation. The pleated skirt tied with a scarf around her waist is characteristic of Nepal.
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