A BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA

Description:

South India, Nayak period, ca. 18th c.
H. 29 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a circular base placed on a rectangular pedestal pierced to both front and back for insertion of rods, his principal hands showing abhayamudra and varadamudra, both secondary ones with broken attribute and deer, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, his hairdo combed in a chignon covered with an openwork helmet decorated to one side with a small head and the reverse with cakra-ornament.
Old German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Partly chipped, wear