A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA TRIPURAVIJAYA SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, CHOLA PERIOD, CIRCA 1050 Standing triumphantly with one foot on the back of a prostrate dwarf raised on a rectangular plinth, the body held in a graceful tribhanga pose and clad in a short dhoti and adorned with various jewelry, with the primary hands held in the gestures of holding an arrow and bow and the secondary hands holding a goad and the dimunitive antelope, the face held in a confident gaze surmounted by the tall jatamukuta, supporting various jewels, flowers, snakes, and a crescent moon 32 3/8 in. (82.3 cm.) high Provenance Collection of William H. Wolff, New York, by 1972. William H. Wolff Inc., New York, 4 May 1974. The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
A RARE AND MAGNIFICENT BRONZE FIGURE OF SHIVA TRIPURAVIJAYA SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, CHOLA PERIOD, CIRCA 1050 Standing triumphantly with one foot on the back of a prostrate dwarf raised on a rectangular plinth, the body held in a graceful tribhanga pose and clad in a short dhoti and adorned with various jewelry, with the primary hands held in the gestures of holding an arrow and bow and the secondary hands holding a goad and the dimunitive antelope, the face held in a confident gaze surmounted by the tall jatamukuta, supporting various jewels, flowers, snakes, and a crescent moon 32 3/8 in. (82.3 cm.) high Provenance Collection of William H. Wolff, New York, by 1972. William H. Wolff Inc., New York, 4 May 1974. The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
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