Description: The Goddess Sarasvati with lute - South India 18th/19th.century, heavy folk relief
carving, probably from an procession chariot, shown below a kirttimukha (lion mask) the four-armed sarasvati (skt. catur-bhuja) goddess of the arts, wisdom, beauty and harmony, she stands in padasvastika on double lotus base, the main hands hold the Indian lute (skt. Vina), right hand with prayer beads (skt.mala), left hand with book (skt.pustaka), her head decorates the high hair crown jatamukuta, behind her is the peacock, her pack animal, the deity is flanked by Ganharvis (heavenly musician) with garlands, verso old suspension, wood outbreak on the backside in lower right, which was closed with wax, age - related cracks and bumps, abrasion, ca .45x26x7cm