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Shiva, Parvati, and Their Son Skanda (Somaskandamurti)
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Copper alloy, Chola period (880–1279), India (Tamil Nadu)
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift in honor of Cynthia Hazen and Leon B. Polsky 1982
Title: Shiva, Parvati, and Their Son Skanda (Somaskandamurti)
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Copper alloy, Chola period (880–1279), India (Tamil Nadu).
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