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- Title
- Shiva standing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Physical Description
- Shiva stands on a tiny base with little feet in a strict unbending stance. The body is elongated with a small waist, the hips billowing out and tapering in a stylized way to the feet. He has broad shoulders and has four arms. Reading in a clockwise direction from the right front hand, he holds, a sword, another sword, a bow and a shield. He wears a lot of jewelry, necklaces that cover his entire chest, at least three belts with pendant decorations and what appears to be a bustle like garment that billows out from his waist and has a beaded border that curves down across his legs below his knees. He wears large earrings and a crown decorated with a disk for the sun and crescent for the moon. He has large wide opened eyes and what almost looks like two sets of eyebrows, a dot where his third eye should be and a luxurious moustache.
- Century
- 15th-16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.116
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 27.21185
- Style/Group/Movement
- South Indian folk bronze