Lamp Bearer, Presumed Portrait of Lady Bharamayi
The female donor is named in the inscription as Bharamayi, who had this image made “by her own volition.” She is described as bearing three lamps to honor her family deity, who is not named. This portrait as lamp bearer was likely intended as an offering to the deity worshipped in the family shrine. There is no immediate way of discerning if her deity was Brahmanical or Buddhist.
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