Featured antique stone statue?

Hello everyone, i had some time to cool off and to think and here i am. But i will try to place things with care on the forum. So i have bought this stone statue and wonder if it is old.

 

The photo of the back popped up first on my screen & I was going to guess Kokopelli, but from front looks more like an Indian temple figure. @Any Jewelry is apt to have a better idea.

 

Hindu goddess ....Parvati?

 

It looks old , from here !!!!!

what were you told about it???

Oh....and thats a weird ruler !!!

 

Hahah that an archology ruler and and i was told i was an old statue.

 

i have googled a bit but there are so many godess figures all with diffent names but it looks close. And only seen the big statues almost no small ones.

 

this is one i found: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-granite-figure-of-parvati-chola-period-238-c-3fd4016810

 

its quite nice n all, but something or things look off to me, so don't think it has any real age

the face looks more like the serene buddha types you see compared to the other example, also looks like she's wearing mittens

hope i'm wrong

 

What seems odd to me is that she is a flat back. Is that normal?

 

i think it is a later reproduction of this figure seen in the link. Everyone in india carves statues that is how they make a living for the tourist market. At least that is my opinion but please correct me if i am wrong. see link:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...upta_era_01_at_National_Museum,_New_Delhi.jpg

 

She is, and thank you for tagging me. But hunt knows why I won't disclose it.

 

i have contacted my sources and know everything i need to no about the statue.

 

OK then....tell the rest of us !!!

 

Oh no someone called YOU and old statue, well that was not nice..

 

this is the explenation: Belonging to the extensive body of stone and metal sculptures created during the reign of the Cholas, the present lot depicts Sridevi, one of the two consorts of Lord Vishnu, who stands for material wealth and prosperity. Her body is adorned by flat necklaces, bracelets and arm bands that are carved in the typical Chola tradition. Her upper body has a breast band (unlike her sister Bhudevi whose chest is usually bare), while her lower body is wrapped in a dhoti, the folds of which cascade down to her ankles in parallel waves. It is particularly interesting to note how the forward bend in her left knee and the corresponding upward movement of her right hip imparts a relaxed posture to the goddess - a style that was prevalent within Chola sculptures of this period.

Note: to accurate date the statue, you need to see it in person. Because photo's can be misleading.

 

i did not call someone an old statue, message got lost in translation. i ment to say the ruler next to the figure is an archeology ruler and i was told by the seller of the statue that it was old.

 

I think Nana was joking around...... remember , we like humour here a lot !!

 

Thank you Komokwa & @hunt2 yes it was humor.

 

WOW i have studied the rock of wich the statue is made of and it is not granite and not schist or serpentine. I collect meteorites and this rock has many affineties with a achondrite meteorite. A ungrouped achondrite see google.and the staue is very heavy for it's size and atracts a magnet and is very hard with a high pitch tone. this is the underside with the matrix in it.