

Nagini (Serpent Queen or Consort of Nagaraja)
Beige stone sculpture of a woman with four arms, depicted with two full arms and two smaller arms. The sculpture's main figure has long hair and wears a necklace and a short skirt. The figure stands on a rectangular beige base. The woman has her left hand on her hip and her right hand raised. She has two small arms emerging from her right shoulder. She is standing in front of a large disk with a face at the top. The disk is decorated with feather-like patterns at the top. The disk is behind a stack of round shapes on either side of the woman. The woman stands on a black pedestal. The background is gray. The sculpture represents Nagini, also known as the Serpent Queen or Consort of Nagaraja.
Artwork Details
- Date
- second quarter of the 5th century
- Medium
- Stone
- Culture
- India (Madhya Pradesh)
- Dimensions
- 500 × 625 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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