figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Cast bronze image of Shiva standing with four arms, the upper left holding an antelope, upper right an axe, lower left in varada mudra, and lower right in abhaya mudra. The left ear has a circular ear plug, the right ear just an elongated lobe. There is a wheel behind Shiva's head attached by a horizontal bar. The figure is set on a circular lotus plinth, itself on a multi-tiered square base which has two metal bars projecting horizontally then vertically, one each side. Perhpas had figures of attendants set on them at one time.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
473
Date
19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 445 x 230 x 175 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
copper alloy
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > World Gallery Balcony > Horniman's Vision
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