Medieval · Rijksmuseum · 200106514
Shiva with the Moon in his Hair
anonymous, Tamil Nadu, c. 1000 - c. 1200
Rijksmuseum · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · AK-MAK-1291 · Public Domain · Bruikleen van de Koninklijke Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst (schenking de heer en mevrouw Hülsmann-Stork, 1976) · Public domain
- Artist
- anonymous, Tamil Nadu
- Date
- c. 1000 - c. 1200
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- height 40 cm × depth 10.5 cm × width 24 cm
- Era
- Medieval
Why it matters
The god is making the abhaya mudra, or '˜fear not' gesture, with his front right hand and the varada mudra, the '˜wish granting' gesture, with his left. In his raised, rear hands he holds two of his attributes, an axe and a deer. These attributes are found only in images of Shiva from South India.