Description
The many-sided Hindu god Shiva holds the rosary of a meditating hermit in his right hand. It is possible that a golden crescent moon was once attached to his headdress.
Provenance
Professor and Mrs. Samuel Eilenberg, New York, 1963, by purchase; Mrs. Natasha Eilenberg, Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut, 1969, by gift; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.
