A CAST BRASS VIRABHADRA PLAQUE, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH...
A CAST BRASS VIRABHADRA PLAQUE, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY - the four-armed god depicted in
relief holding various weapons and arms, sun and moon emblems above, flanked by diminutive figures of Daksha and Sati, sheltered by a cobra canopy at the top, set into later carved wood frame - 20.5 x 11 x 3cm approx. (plaque) - Daksha had offended Siva at a sacrifice and his daughter. Sati, who was Siva's wife, felt so insulted that she threw herself on the pyre. Siva appeared as Virabhadra and cut off Daksha's head to avenge his wife. The gods pleaded for Daksha's life but his severed head could not be found, so the head of a goat was substituted instead.
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A CAST BRASS VIRABHADRA PLAQUE, WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY - the four-armed god depicted in
relief holding various weapons and arms, sun and moon emblems above, flanked by diminutive figures of Daksha and Sati, sheltered by a cobra canopy at the top, set into later carved wood frame - 20.5 x 11 x 3cm approx. (plaque) - Daksha had offended Siva at a sacrifice and his daughter. Sati, who was Siva's wife, felt so insulted that she threw herself on the pyre. Siva appeared as Virabhadra and cut off Daksha's head to avenge his wife. The gods pleaded for Daksha's life but his severed head could not be found, so the head of a goat was substituted instead.
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