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Festival Image of Shiva   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Indian artist)Unknown author
Title
Festival Image of Shiva
Description
English: Here, Shiva is at ease. He was once accompanied by a figure of his spouse Uma, who was seated on a similar pedestal. The antelope symbolizes (among other things) that Shiva is the "Lord of Creatures."
Date circa 1300
date QS:P571,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium bronze
medium QS:P186,Q34095
Dimensions height: 54.8 cm (21.5 in); width: 40.6 cm (15.9 in); depth: 41.9 cm (16.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,54.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,40.6U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,41.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
54.3084
Place of creation Tamil Nadu, India
Object history
  • Nasli Heeramaneck, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, April 1970, by purchase
  • 2011: given to Walters Art Museum
Credit line gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2011
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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