Pandya: Chidambaram, Sanctuary, Sphinx

dc.contributor.author	Frederic, Louis
dc.contributor.author	Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatial	India (Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu)
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-15T01:43:31Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-15T01:43:31Z
dc.date.created	1959
dc.date.updated	2019-10-15T01:43:31Z
dc.description	This figure, remotely derived from the Pallava lion, of which it retains the collar-like mane, has a human face. Two fangs stick out from its mouth and it wears earrings. The theme is very rare in Indian iconography.
dc.format.extent	35mm
dc.format.medium	mounted transparency
dc.format.medium	b&w
dc.format.mimetype	image/tiff
dc.identifier	ANUA 682-1858
dc.identifier.other	IM-1021
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/176854
dc.language.iso	en_AU
dc.provenance	Digitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Basham Collection
dc.rights.license	This item is provided for research purposes. Contact the Australian National University Archives at butlin.archives@anu.edu.au for permission to use.
dc.subject	Chola, Pandya, etc.
dc.subject	architecture
dc.subject	stone sculpture
dc.subject	book scan
dc.title	Pandya: Chidambaram, Sanctuary, Sphinx
dc.type	Image
dspace.entity.type	ANUArchivesItem
local.description.notes	Source: Frederic, L. Indian Temples & Sculpture, Thames & Hudson, London, 1959. Illus. 223, p.260

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