Medieval · Rijksmuseum · 200105975
Uma
anonymous, Tamil Nadu, 1400 - 1500
Rijksmuseum · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · AK-MAK-188 · Public Domain · Bruikleen van de Koninklijke Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst (schenking C.T. Loo, Parijs, 1938) · Public domain
- Artist
- anonymous, Tamil Nadu
- Date
- 1400 - 1500
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- height 74 cm × width 23 cm × depth 23 cm
- Era
- Medieval
Why it matters
The blue water lily in the figure's right hand shows that this is the goddess Uma (also known as Parvati), wife of the Hindu god Shiva. She is standing in an elegant pose, with her body slightly angled at the hip and neck. In a temple she would have stood to the left of Shiva, her customary position.