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glass painting (ritual & belief: representations)

Polychrome painting on glass depicting Shiva dancing, as Siva Nataraja, the Lord of Dance and Destruction. In his upper right hand is an hourglass-shaped drum. The second right hand is in the abhaya mudra (position). He is wearing a tiger skin. His left leg is raised, while below his right foot is the demon Apasmara lying on a serpent; to the right is a crowned female figure, presumably Parvati, with another figure to the right. Gold detailing. In a wooden frame with metal fittings and a suspension cord.

Horniman Museum and Gardens

United Kingdom

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Title: glass painting (ritual & belief: representations)

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Polychrome painting on glass depicting Shiva dancing, as Siva Nataraja, the Lord of Dance and Destruction.

In his upper right hand is an hourglass-shaped drum.

The second right hand is in the abhaya mudra (position).

He is wearing a tiger skin.

His left leg is raised, while below his right foot is the demon Apasmara lying on a serpent; to the right is a crowned female figure, presumably Parvati, with another figure to the right.

Gold detailing.

In a wooden frame with metal fittings and a suspension cord.

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