AN INDIAN BRASS FIGURE OF NANDI South India, Tamil Nadu...
AN INDIAN BRASS FIGURE OF NANDI
South India, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka, 18th-19th century
Cast brass, modelled as the sacred bull Nandi, the vehicle (vahana) of Lord Shiva, standing on a rectangular flat base with its head turned to one side, the neck ritually adorned with a two-strand processional necklace with pendants, while the back featuring a socket that originally held a Shaivite altar, now lost; Nandi images often are placed at the entrance of Shiva temples and have long been associated with fertility.
18.2cm high
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AN INDIAN BRASS FIGURE OF NANDI
South India, Tamil Nadu or Karnataka, 18th-19th century
Cast brass, modelled as the sacred bull Nandi, the vehicle (vahana) of Lord Shiva, standing on a rectangular flat base with its head turned to one side, the neck ritually adorned with a two-strand processional necklace with pendants, while the back featuring a socket that originally held a Shaivite altar, now lost; Nandi images often are placed at the entrance of Shiva temples and have long been associated with fertility.
18.2cm high
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