A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA NATARAJA, SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, CHOLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY

A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA NATARAJA
SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, CHOLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY
Shown with one leg raised on the back of a recumbent dwarf, who plays with a snake, standing on a rectangular plinth, his lower arms held in dance mudras and his upper arms outstretched and holding a drum and flame, clad in a short dhoti and wrapped nagas and sashes, with a chain swinging from his waist, surrounded by a flaming aureole and flanked by diminutive figures of musicians, who beat a drum and play the cymbals
8 ¾ in. (22 cm.) high

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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION