Nepal: Coppery-bronze figure of Ardhanarisvara (Siva and Parvati combined)

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dc.contributor.authorSotheby's
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialNepal
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-02T23:40:51Z
dc.date.available2020-02-02T23:40:51Z
dc.date.created1974
dc.date.updated2020-02-02T23:40:51Z
dc.descriptionThe 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.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumcolour
dc.format.mediumsepia
dc.identifierANUA 682-3992
dc.identifier.otherTi-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/200838
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subjectSculpture
dc.subjectsculpture
dc.subjectbronze
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleNepal: Coppery-bronze figure of Ardhanarisvara (Siva and Parvati combined)
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Sotheby's, Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan and South-East Asian Art, 8 July 1974, Item 56

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