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Shiva as Kevala-Murti; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Shiva as Kevala-Murti
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 12th-13th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 12th century - early 13th century
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.289
- Medium and Support
- copper alloy
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Mukha-Linga; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Mukha-Linga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.52A
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Mukha-Linga; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Mukha-Linga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.52B
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Mukha-Linga, Cobra head; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Mukha-Linga, Cobra head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- This phallic representation of the god Shiva appears as a columnar head placed on a base with two rounded moldings on top of a series of square ones. His neck is fully cylindrical and the face is modeled on that cylinder. The eyes are wide open and a bow shaped eyebrow curves over them. He has a flared nose and luxuriant moustache over a narrow but full lips and a short ball like chin. A ‘U’ shaped element consisting of lines and a pearl motif probably represents his beard, perhaps held up in a tight net. His forehead is decorated with three raise lines that go straight across and his crown is basically flat over his hear decorated with a bunch of peak forms in the center with a finial surmounting the whole. His ears fan out almost like handles to a jar and are decorated with stylized arabesques. A five-headed snake hood rises behind the head and has a rib down its center and scale motives incised towards the bottom an ‘S’ shapes t denote the cobra ‘eyes’ to each side.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.52C
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Garuda; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Garuda
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.53
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Bhairava; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Bhairava
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 16th – 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.55
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Durga, seated, with sixteen arms; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Durga, seated, with sixteen arms
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- Durga sits with her legs in a half lotus position, crossed in front of her, but not interlaced. She has a narrow waist and rounded pointy breasts with broad shoulders. Her front two hands hold a rosary (also in a reassuring gesture) and a pot. Her other hands fan out around her. Reading clockwise, she carries a wide assortment of weapons, an arrow, sword, feather, club, discus, trident and [?] on her right and conch, bell, noose, trident, club?, shield, bow and a kapala (skull cup). She has large open eyes and a full mouth and nose. She wears jewelry including necklaces and shoulder loops, armlets, bracelets and large floral earrings. Her crown rest atop her head, but there are wing-like elements that fan out behind her ears. She sits on a squared base with stylized lotus petals over simpler moldings.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.59
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Vishnu; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Vishnu
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1981/2.61
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Ladle with Various Tantric Symbols Cast into Upper Surface of Handle; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Ladle with Various Tantric Symbols Cast into Upper Surface of Handle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.76
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Virabhadra; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Virabhadra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1979/2.75
- Medium and Support
- bronze with ruby and gold accents
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Hanuman; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Hanuman
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 16th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.103
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Durga; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Durga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 20th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.107
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahisasuramardini); Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahisasuramardini)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.109
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Four-armed Seated Ganesha; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Four-armed Seated Ganesha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.115
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Ganesha with four arms, in a seated posture; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Ganesha with four arms, in a seated posture
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.116
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Seated Ganesha with 16 Arms and Consort Seated on Left Lap (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Seated Ganesha with 16 Arms and Consort Seated on Left Lap (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.117
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Vinadhara - Dakshinamurti; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Vinadhara - Dakshinamurti
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.127
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahsasuramardini), enthroned; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Durga as slayer of the Buffalo Demon (Mahsasuramardini), enthroned
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 16th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century - 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.37
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Mahishasuramardini; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Mahishasuramardini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.46
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Elephant and Mahout Lamp; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Elephant and Mahout Lamp
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.59
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Folk Deity in Standing Position; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Folk Deity in Standing Position
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.62
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Uma, seated; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Uma, seated
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 14th-15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 14th century - 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.63
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Virabhadra plaque; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Virabhadra plaque
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th–18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.43
- Medium and Support
- brass (?)
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Virabhadra; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Virabhadra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.44
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Virabhadra; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Virabhadra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.45
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Eight-armed Durga Seated on a Ram; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Eight-armed Durga Seated on a Ram
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.48
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Figure of the Village God (Aiyunar); warrior figure holding sword in upraised right hand and mace in left; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Figure of the Village God (Aiyunar); warrior figure holding sword in upraised right hand and mace in left
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.53
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Ambika, Jaina; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Ambika, Jaina
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.55
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Lakshmi-Narayana; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Lakshmi-Narayana
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.56
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Lakshmi-Narayana; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Lakshmi-Narayana
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.57
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Bhairava (small folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Bhairava (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.58
- Medium and Support
- copper with gold overlay
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Uma Maheshvara; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Uma Maheshvara
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.59
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Rama, classical pose of the God who carries a quiver of arrows across right shoulder; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Rama, classical pose of the God who carries a quiver of arrows across right shoulder
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.60
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Rama; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Rama
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.61
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Rama; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Rama
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.62
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Four-armed Durga; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Four-armed Durga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.66
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Shiva head on separate cast base with five headed cobra canopy; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Shiva head on separate cast base with five headed cobra canopy
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.101
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Four Armed Vishnu; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Four Armed Vishnu
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.102
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Bhairava (?), head; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Bhairava (?), head
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- Almost life size, this stylized face was probably placed upon a shaft and used as a religious standard at a temple. The face consists of almost a perfect circle with large ears to either side. His mouth is open showing tiny saw tooth like teeth with large canines at either end. His eyes are large and wide open with huge circular pupils and a heavy eyebrows and luxurious moustache. Horizontal lines on his forehead are signs of a follower of Shiva.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.103
- Medium and Support
- brass or copper alloy
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Shiva in ekamukhalinga form, with cobra hood, on a dais; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Shiva in ekamukhalinga form, with cobra hood, on a dais
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.104
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Ramanuja; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Ramanuja
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Object Creation Date
- n.d.
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.128
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Ganesha, seated; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Ganesha, seated
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.88
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Vishnu triad, with Saraswati and Lakshmi (?) (miniature folk bronze); Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Vishnu triad, with Saraswati and Lakshmi (?) (miniature folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.91
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Hanuman; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Hanuman
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.93
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
four lingas; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- four lingas
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.94
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
5 lingas on a Lion; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- 5 lingas on a Lion
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.95
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Krishna as a child (one of 4 figures); Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Krishna as a child (one of 4 figures)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.96
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Shiva head (Terracotta); Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Shiva head (Terracotta)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.101
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Durga; Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Durga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.108
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown
Subrahmanya (also known as Karttikeya, Kumara, etc.); Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Title
- Subrahmanya (also known as Karttikeya, Kumara, etc.)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Physical Description
- Subrahmanya stands on a tiered base which starts square and sloped, then is square and straight up and then round sloped with an incised decoration, then flanged out as a base for the figure to stand. He stands in an unbending pose and has four hands. Reading in a clockwise direction form the right front hand they are: in a reassuring gesture [abhyaya mudra], holding a vajra [a symbol of lightening], holding a symbol of a spear [actually what can be read as the head of the spear], and in a gesture of giving [varada mudra]. He wears a lung from his waist decorated with incised pattern and a lot of jewelry including belts with pendants, necklaces a decorated beaded sacred thread, large earring and an elaborate crown.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.114
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- India, South India, Artist Unknown