Bust of Shiva

Description Seventh-century sculptures of Shiva are rare, and the identification must be based on comparision with the more common images of the composite deity Harihara- the right side of whose head is characterized by Shiva's matted locks, the left side by Vishnu's diadem.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/19/1994	Examination	examined for condition
4/19/1994	Treatment	other
4/19/1994	Treatment	cleaned; other

Provenance H. H. Bhanubandhu Yugala, prior to 1950; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, October 1950, by gift [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 302]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992