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9TH CENTURY
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a central javanese bronze figure of shiva
9th century
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus base, his four hands in vitarkamudra, holding kamandalu, akshamala and camara, wearing dhoti, tigerskin, upavita, bejewelled, his face with downcast expression, silver inlaid eyes, tiara set in front of a high jatamakuta and adorned with crescent moon and skull, green patina
28.5 cm high
9th century
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus base, his four hands in vitarkamudra, holding kamandalu, akshamala and camara, wearing dhoti, tigerskin, upavita, bejewelled, his face with downcast expression, silver inlaid eyes, tiara set in front of a high jatamakuta and adorned with crescent moon and skull, green patina
28.5 cm high
Literature
Spink and Son, Indian Influence on Art in South-East Asia, London 1970, no. 73
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