This bronze statue of a Shaalbhanjika, a divine female figure holding blossoming vines, symbolizes fertility and vitality, embodying the power to bring trees to life in ancient Indian iconography.

This bronze statue depicts a voluptuous lady with limbs as graceful and supple as the branch she holds. In ancient Indian iconography, women touching or holding blossoming vines symbolize their supernatural ability to bring trees to life. Known as "Shaalbhanjikas," these figures represent young women, often Yakshis, who possess the power to make trees bloom with their touch. Such sculptures, commonly found adorning the walls and pillars of Hindu temples and other sacred structures, embody the fecundity and vitality of youth, imbuing the natural world with divine fertility.