A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ASCETIC FORM OF SHIVA
SOUTH INDIA, KERALA, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Seated with legs crossed on a waisted lotus base, his left arm resting pendent over his knee and his right hand raised with finger joined to thumb, clad in a dhoti and adorned with a sacred thread, the form backed by a separately-cast openwork aureole with naga hoods and scrolling foliage
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high, inlcuding aureole
A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ASCETIC FORM OF SHIVA
SOUTH INDIA, KERALA, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Seated with legs crossed on a waisted lotus base, his left arm resting pendent over his knee and his right hand raised with finger joined to thumb, clad in a dhoti and adorned with a sacred thread, the form backed by a separately-cast openwork aureole with naga hoods and scrolling foliage
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high, inlcuding aureole
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