拍品專文
As Dakshinamurti, Shiva is the supreme teacher, teacher of yoga, music, as well as the arts and sciences. His right leg rests on the dwarf Apasmara, symbolizing ignorance.
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SOUTH INDIA, TAMILNADU, CHOLA DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
細節
A Granite Figure of Shiva as the 'Great Teacher', Dakshinamurti
South India, Tamilnadu, Chola Dynasty, 13th Century
The god seated in virasana on a pedestal with his left leg 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 and hair matted in an elaborate chignon
36 in. (90 cm.) high
South India, Tamilnadu, Chola Dynasty, 13th Century
The god seated in virasana on a pedestal with his left leg 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 and hair matted in an elaborate chignon
36 in. (90 cm.) high
來源
George Bickford Collection