Nepal: Coppery-bronze figure of Ardhanarisvara (Siva and Parvati combined)
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Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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The Goddess forming the left part of the figure, with three eyes and four arms, the lower left hand in vitarka mudra, the other hands holding a mala, Padma, and cintamani, wearing a dhoti with a long sash hanging from the belt, the garment worn short on the right side and reaching almost to the ankle of the female half, the head with inlaid silver eyes, heavy earrings, an ornate crown on the left side and a high jata mukuta on the right side of the head, the deity stands on a small lotus podium. -- 15th-16th centuries, h: 14 cm.
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1974
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