File:Indian - Cosmic Shiva - Walters W901.jpg
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[edit]Cosmic Shiva ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Cosmic Shiva |
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Description |
English: Portrayed in an unusual dancing pose, the cosmic Shiva is shown with five heads and eighteen arms that bear weapons and ritual instruments. Shiva has a hermit's piled-up hair on his upper heads, in front of which a crescent moon appears. The wavy white line at the right is the Ganges River, which descends from Shiva's hair when he is residing in his mountain hideaway. |
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Date |
between 1825 and 1850 date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | pigments on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 21 cm (8.2 in); width: 14.6 cm (5.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,21U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,14.6U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
W.901 |
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Place of creation | Mandi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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