Assemblage Sculptures | 6

Strenght—Remaining in Peace Under Pressure

Assemblage sculpture with repurposed materials
7.5x5x4in.

The icon - Benten, the Japanese Goddess from The Seven Gods of Luck - is the Buddhist patron goddess of literature and music, wealth and femininity.

She is also identified with the Hindu goddess Saraswati, a patron of literature and the arts, who probably travelled to Japan along with Buddhism.