451585 Figure of Indian goddess Kali holding a thunderbolt (ivory) by Chinese School; height: 25.4 cm; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; (add.info.: Kali performs a complex role in Hindu mythology: on one hand, she is associated with darkness and annihilation; on the other, she is seen as a benevolent mother goddess. These two aspects can be seen in this ivory figure. Kali is depicted with four arms, cradling a thunderbolt. Her face is smiling, yet human heads decorate the garland around her neck and her headdress and serpents coil behind her legs and over her shoulders.); 穢 Wolverhampton Art Gallery ; Chinese, out of copyright.