Lot Essay
As Dakshinamurti, Shiva is the teacher of yoga, music, as well as all the arts and sciences.
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Chola and Later South Indian Sculpture
Property of a Louisiana Collector
A Granite Figure of Shiva as the 'Great Teacher', Dakshinamurti
SOUTH INDIA, TAMILNADU, CHOLA DYNASTY, CIRCA 11TH CENTURY
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A Granite Figure of Shiva as the 'Great Teacher', Dakshinamurti
South India, Tamilnadu, Chola Dynasty, circa 11th Century
Well carved with the god seated on a pedestal in virasana, the heroic posture, his right leg resting on a crouching spirit and his left gracefully crossed, a flame and cobra in his uppermost hands, and with his lower right hand in the gesture of elucidation, his face with a benign expression with his hair radiating in all directions, with two bearded acolytes seated before him in obeisance
29½ in. (74.9 cm.) high
South India, Tamilnadu, Chola Dynasty, circa 11th Century
Well carved with the god seated on a pedestal in virasana, the heroic posture, his right leg resting on a crouching spirit and his left gracefully crossed, a flame and cobra in his uppermost hands, and with his lower right hand in the gesture of elucidation, his face with a benign expression with his hair radiating in all directions, with two bearded acolytes seated before him in obeisance
29½ in. (74.9 cm.) high