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Standing Shiva
Standing Shiva

Standing Shiva

CultureIndian
Dateearly 11th century
MediumSandstone
DimensionsOverall: 31 inches (78.74 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number60-68
On View
On view
Gallery Location
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Exhibition History
No additional exhibition history known at this time.
Gallery Label
This sculpture of a four-armed form of the god Shiva stands in a graceful triple-bend posture, clasping a trident, a common attribute held by Shiva images in North India. His upper two hands hold a lotus flower and a tree-headed serpent. His mount, the bull Nandi, and a fly whisk attendant appear behind him.
Published References

“Oriental Objects Recently Acquired by American Museums,” in Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America 15 (1961): 43, fig. 27, (repro.).

Ross E. Taggart and George L. McKenna, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. 2, Art of the Orient, 5th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 126, (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 380, (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 267, fig. 32, (repro.).

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