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Shiva Nataraja, the Dancing Lord
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Shiva Nataraja, the Dancing Lord

CultureIndian
DateChola dynasty (850-1278)
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 3 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches (13.03 × 8.89 × 4.14 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-186/8
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

Gods of Asia, Asia House Gallery, New York, May 2–July 1, 1962, no cat.

Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India, University Gallery, College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL,  April 10-May 29, 1966, no. 20 as Siva Nataraja (Lord of Dance).

Provenance

With C. T. Loo & Co., New York, stock no. J, by 1931-1932;

Purchased from C. T. Loo & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.

Published References

University of Gainesville, Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India, (Gainesville: University of Florida, 1966), unpaginated.

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