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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.
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Title: glass painting (ritual & belief: representations)
Description:
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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