A rare bronze figure of Shiva Nataraja
SRI LANKA, POLONNARUVA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
A rare bronze figure of Shiva Nataraja Sri Lanka, Polonnaruva, 11th/12th century Dancing on the prostrate dwarf on a lotus base over an incised waisted plinth, the left leg raised and his hands outstretched holding a damaru and flaming lamp, adorned with a streaming sash with a naga wrapped around his forearm, the benevolent face backed by a shrirashchakra and the flared tresses of hair supporting the goddess Ganga, surrounded by a flaming aureole emerging from the mouths of two makaras 10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
A rare bronze figure of Shiva Nataraja
SRI LANKA, POLONNARUVA, 11TH/12TH CENTURY
A rare bronze figure of Shiva Nataraja Sri Lanka, Polonnaruva, 11th/12th century Dancing on the prostrate dwarf on a lotus base over an incised waisted plinth, the left leg raised and his hands outstretched holding a damaru and flaming lamp, adorned with a streaming sash with a naga wrapped around his forearm, the benevolent face backed by a shrirashchakra and the flared tresses of hair supporting the goddess Ganga, surrounded by a flaming aureole emerging from the mouths of two makaras 10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
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