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Shiva and Uma on the Bull Nandi
(Southeast Asia )
Here is the Hindu god Shiva with his spouse, as they appear in their mountain paradise.
Provenance
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Professor and Mrs. Samuel Eilenberg, New York, 1963, by purchase; Mrs. Natasha Eilenberg, Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, 1969, by gift; Walters Art Museum, 1998, by purchase.
Geographies
Cambodia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 5/8 × W: 3 3/8 × D: 1 5/8 in. (9.2 × 8.6 × 4.1 cm); with base, H: 4 7/8 × W: 3 9/16 × D: 1 3/4 in. (12.4 × 9 × 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with the support of Ann D. Woodward and an anonymous donor, 1998
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2947