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Title
Head of Shiva
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.124
Medium and Support
brass
relevance
rank 9.24518
Primary Keywords
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva and Parvati on a horse with a donor making on offering-two hounds at the foot of the horse
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Century
20th-century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1976/2.35
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.24518
Primary Keywords
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva stele (Khmer-Lopburi Style)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Century
14th century
Object Creation Date
14th century
Accession Number
1993/2.50
Medium and Support
sandstone
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Folk Shiva with Flaming Arch
Artist
India, Central India
Century
20th-century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1979/2.63
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva Shrine (one of three) (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century
16th-18th century
Object Creation Date
16th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1979/2.51
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Figure of Shiva and Parvati holding Goddess in his left thigh, figure of lion at base, surrounded by arch, attendant figure, and jain tritan kara at apex of backplate
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Gujarat
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1977/2.54
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva attended by a horse and other creatures
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
17th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1978/2.69
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva and Parvati
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
17th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1977/2.64
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
17th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1978/2.77
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva and Parvati (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Northwest India
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
18th century - 19th century
Accession Number
1977/2.80
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva Shrine (one of three)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century
16th-18th century
Object Creation Date
16th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1979/2.47
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva Trimurti in ascetic garb (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century
16th-18th century
Object Creation Date
16th century - 17th century
Accession Number
1976/2.61
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
garb
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva Shrine (one of three) (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
Century
16th-18th century
Object Creation Date
16th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1979/2.54
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva and Nandi on a Pedestal Base
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century
10th-12th century
Object Creation Date
10th century - 12th century
Accession Number
1978/2.117
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
Title
Shiva Altarpiece (small folk bronze)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
17th-18th century
Object Creation Date
17th century - 18th century
Accession Number
1979/2.56
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
altars
hinduism
shiva
Title
Bhairava: Shiva as Lord of the Cremation Grounds
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Karnataka
Physical Description
Shiva as Bhairava stands against a plain pointed arch supported by pilasters with a kirtimukha or face of glory at the top. He stands in a trihanga pose, with his hip thrust to his right and wears platform sandals. He originally has four arms, the front two of which are broken away. His back two arms hold a decorated trident and a drum. He would have held a sword in one hand and a kapala, a cup made out of a scull and a hanging severed head in the other. He is naked, but wears much of jewelry including belts with pendant elements, anklets, armlets, bracelets, necklaces, a band just under his breasts and large circular earrings. He also wears a decorated sacred thread over his left shoulder. His has an elaborate coiffure in curls around the top of his head with a large topknot to one side. His face is badly damaged. Emaciated hungry ghosts attend him, the one to his right dancing with his hands raised above his head with a pot between his legs. The ghost who is on his left stands behind a dog, whose head has broken away. The ghost and the dog would have been playing with the absent severed head, adding to the ghoulish nature of the image.
Century
12th - 13th century
Object Creation Date
12th century -13th century
Accession Number
2001/2.131
Medium and Support
stone
relevance
rank 9.14240
Primary Keywords
hinduism
shiva
sivaism
Title
Siva
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1980/2.271
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.04189
Primary Keywords
deity
face
hinduism
shiva
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
relevance
rank 9.04189
Primary Keywords
cobras
deity
shiva
shivaism
Title
Siva and Paravati
Artist
India, Central India
Century
12th century
Object Creation Date
12th century
Accession Number
1980/2.293
Medium and Support
sandstone
relevance
rank 9.04189
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
males
shiva
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
relevance
rank 9.04189
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
standing
Title
Shiva and Parvati
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
Century
9th-10th century
Object Creation Date
9th century - 10th century
Accession Number
1970/2.147
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 9.04189
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
seated
shiva
Title
Folk Shiva
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
Century
18th-19th century
Object Creation Date
18th century - 19th century
Accession Number
1977/2.106
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.94356
Primary Keywords
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
shiva
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
relevance
rank 8.94356
Primary Keywords
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
shiva
Title
Four-armed deity with trident and skull cup
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1977/2.116
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.94356
Primary Keywords
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
shiva
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 8.94356
Primary Keywords
deity
hinduism
shiva
sivaism
standing
Title
Shiva, in his form as ekamukhalinga
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Maharashtra
Physical Description
Possibly used to cover a linga, a phallic representation of the god Shiva or representing a linga decorated with a face of Shiva, we find a stylized face on a tall, thick cylindrical neck. He is depicted with large, wide open eyes consisting of a double line above and below with a heavy eyebrows above them. A third eye is between them in a vertical direction. He has thick lips and wears a luxurious moustache. A decorated band fits tightly under his chin and may represent a decorated beard of necklaces. At the bottom of the band is a stylized linga on a base, looking like a cross on a line. His ears sport snake earrings and his hair is worn combed back from the forehead in wide matted bands.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1977/2.46
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.84735
Primary Keywords
god
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
shiva
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
relevance
rank 8.84735
Primary Keywords
head
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
shiva
Title
Siva on Nandi
Artist
Artist Unknown, India
Object Creation Date
n.d.
Accession Number
1978/2.96
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.84735
Primary Keywords
bulls
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
shiva
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
relevance
rank 8.84735
Primary Keywords
bronzes
hinduism
named gods and goddesses
shiva
Title
Standing figure of Shiva
Artist
India, Central India
Physical Description
Shiva stands in an unbending pose and the sculpture is broken just below the knees. He is two-armed and his right hand is raised with his palm outward. His left arm is broken away. He wears a short lower garment with incised lines delineating folds and he is ithyphallic, his upraised penis extending up from behind his belt. He wears simple jewelry, a belt, armlets, a bracelet on the one wrist still extant and a simple beaded necklace. There is an auspicious diamond pattern in the middle of his chest. He has a fleshy face with a full mouth and large eyes, a third eye is incised on his forehead. His hair is done in an elaborate coiffure piled high.
Century
10th-11th century
Object Creation Date
10th century - 11th century
Accession Number
1998/1.181
Medium and Support
sandstone
relevance
rank 8.84735
Primary Keywords
deity
figures
hinduism
shiva
sivaism
standing
Title
In a wooded background with a small temple sheltering the lingam. Floral
foreground. From a Ragamala Series.
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Uttar Pradesh, Chaurapancasika Style
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
1550-1575
Accession Number
1983/2.105
Medium and Support
ink and opaque watercolor on birch bark
relevance
rank 8.75318
Primary Keywords
figures
flowers
hinduism
seated
shiva
trees
worshippers
Title
Uma-Maheshvara, a seated Shiva and Parvati (Uma)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
Physical Description
Shiva sits with his consort on a double lotus pedestal. He has six arms, his right three are in varada mudra [a giving gesture], holds a rosary and an arrow. His left arms cup his consorts left breast and hold a lotus flower and a bow. He sits in royal ease, with one leg pendant. He wears bracelets, armlets, necklaces, earrings, and a sacred thread that stretches form his left shoulder down past his waist. On his head he wears an elaborate jatamukuta, a crown interlaced with his matted locks. Parvati sits upon his knee with one leg tucked under her and the other pendant. She is also adorned with jewelry, but wears a more modest diadem at the front of her head.
Century
12th century
Object Creation Date
12th century
Accession Number
1964/2.85
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.66100
Primary Keywords
deity
goddesses
gods
hinduism
metalwork
seated
shiva
sivaism
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
relevance
rank 8.57074
Primary Keywords
deity
drums
hinduism
hounds
musical instruments
shiva
standing
sword
Title
Shiva, Durga, Hanuman, Garuda, Ganesha, Nandi, animals and various Tantric symbols cast in base and body-fluted upper border at body and at cover.
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, South India
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1978/2.74
Medium and Support
bronze
relevance
rank 8.57074
Primary Keywords
animals
elephants
figures
ganesha
hanuman
hinduism
lid
shiva
vessels
Title
Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)
Artist
Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
Physical Description
This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
18th century
Accession Number
1975/2.166
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 7.45023
Primary Keywords
deity
figures
figures (representations)
flowers
flowers (plants)
nudes
seated
shiva
sitting
sivaism
sun
vishnu
Title
Shiva and his family
Artist
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra School
Physical Description
In this idyllic scene, the goddess Parvati offers her husband Shiva a drink, as they enjoy a quiet moment together. Their children, the elephant-headed Ganesha and Skanda, play inside a tent made from the hide of an elephant demon that Shiva had slain. Both parents are clothed in animal skins, the garb of mountain-dwelling ascetics, while Shiva is further adorned with a long necklace of skulls and a snake.
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1790-1800
Accession Number
1942.4
Medium and Support
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
relevance
rank 7.41229
Primary Keywords
children (offspring)
children and adults
deity
elephant
elephants
family (group)
family (sociological concept)
hinduism
oxen
shiva
tent
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