Indian Pilgrimage Figure of Lakshmi

Seated and settled on a cushion, one leg folded, the other hanging down at leisure.

This pilgrimage figure of Lakshmi comes from Maharashtra, India, and dates to the 12th to 16th century or earlier. It is brass. Portable devotional images of this kind are generally associated with pilgrimage and with household worship, and Lakshmi is honored as goddess of prosperity. She sits on a raised seat decorated with incised leaf patterns, in a relaxed pose with one knee up. The features have worn soft, and pale silvery deposits cling to the torso and arms. A stepped base carries the whole. It is 1.5 inches wide, 1 deep and 2 high.

Prosperity at ease, which seems right.