November 5, 2013
Description
The Hindu deity Shiva, 1300-1500
India: Tamil Nadu state
Bronze
The Avery Brundage Collection, B69514
The Hindu deity Shiva is usually represented with four or more arms and has a vertical third eye in his forehead. Here, however, he is identified only by his ascetic's tied-up dreadlocks, with a tiny crescent moon and river goddess Ganga on either side.
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