Image title: Sculpture of Devi (12th century)

Devi
Late Chola, 12th Century CE Tamil Nadu, South India 
Ht. 59.5 cm., Wd. 19.0 cm., Dep. 18.0 cm. 
Bronze, Acc. No. 47.109/8

This is a figure of Devi standing in the tribhanga posture on a double lotus circular pedestal. The right hand is in kataka-mudra; the left in lolahasta. The matted hair is dressed high fashion with thirteen braided curls hanging on the back. She wears a tiara and a fillet, makara-kundalas in both ears, garlands on each shoulder, necklaces, armlets and other ornaments above the elbows, three bracelets, finger rings and anklets.

Transcription (not proofread):

देवी
परवर्ती चोल, 12वीं शताब्दी तमिलनाडु, दक्षिण भारत
ऊं. 59.5 से.मी., चौ. 19.0 से.मी., गह. 18.0 से.मी.
कांसा, अवाप्ति सं. 47.109/8
देवी की यह प्रतिमा दोहरे कमल वाली गोलाकार पीठिका पर त्रिभंग मुद्रा में खड़ी है। इसका दाहिना हाथ कटक मुद्रा में और बायां हाथ लोलहस्त मुद्रा में है। इस प्रतिमा का केशविन्यास बहुत सुन्दर है। देवी ने मुकुट, मकर कुंडल, कंठहार, बाजूबंद, कंगन, अंगुठियां और पाजेब, आदि आभूषण धारण किए हुए हैं।

devī
paravartī cola, 12vīṃ śatābdī tamilanāḍu, dakṣiṇa bhārata
ūṃ. 59.5 se.mī., cau. 19.0 se.mī., gaha. 18.0 se.mī.
kāṃsā, avāpti saṃ. 47.109/8
devī kī yaha pratimā dohare kamala vālī golākāra pīṭhikā para tribhaṃga mudrā meṃ kharī hai| isakā dāhinā hātha kaṭaka mudrā meṃ aura bāyāṃ hātha lolahasta mudrā meṃ hai| isa pratimā kā keśavinyāsa bahuta sundara hai| devī ne mukuṭa, makara kuṃḍala, kaṃṭhahāra, bājūbaṃda, kaṃgana, aṃguṭhiyāṃ aura pājeba, ādi ābhūṣaṇa dhāraṇa kie hue haiṃ|

Gallery information:

These photographs are from the section “Bronze images” (kamsya) within the National Museum of New Delhi (India). Bronze images, small for domestic shrines or larger and hollow, are made using the lost wax process (madhuchista-vidhana). Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. The oldest group of bronze sculptures from the Indian subcontinent date back to the 3rd millennium B.C.E.