Statue

91-32-2

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 91-32-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India
Date Made 18th Century - 1991
Section Asian
Materials Brass (uncertain)
Technique Cast
Iconography Nataraja | Shiva | Dwarf
Description

Shiva as nataraja, King of Dancers. Four armed dancing figure stepping on a prostrate human (?) figure and standing beneath a horseshoe shaped arch. Two tiered base; lower rectangle, upper oval.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Charles C. G. Chaplin, 1991

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