A BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA

Description:

India, 12th cent. or earlier
H. 12 cm
Standing in slight tribhanga on a raised pedestal, his four arms radiating around his body, his principle hands probably showing a form of vitarkamudra while both secondary hands holding club and deer, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his face displaying open eyes, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and his hair combed in a chignon.
Southern German private collection - Wear, traces of age