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SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Shiva Nataraja
South India, Chola period, 13th/14th century
Dancing over the dwarf Apasmara with his left leg raised, his principal right hand in abhayamudra and his principal left hand pointed towards his raised foot, holding a damaru and flaming oil lamp in his other hands, the snake coiled about his wrist, surrounded by a flaming aureole originating from two kneeling musicians
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
South India, Chola period, 13th/14th century
Dancing over the dwarf Apasmara with his left leg raised, his principal right hand in abhayamudra and his principal left hand pointed towards his raised foot, holding a damaru and flaming oil lamp in his other hands, the snake coiled about his wrist, surrounded by a flaming aureole originating from two kneeling musicians
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Europe, 1980s
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1999
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1999
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