COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1962.164
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian; South Indian; Chola
Creator Name-CRT:
South India, early Chola Period, 11th century
Title:
Shiva's Gajasura - Samharamurti
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
11th century
Creation Start Date:
1000
Creation End Date:
1099
Materials and Techniques:
granite
Classification Term:
Sculpture-stone
Style or Period:
South India, early Chola Period, 11th century
Dimensions:
Overall: 72.39cm x 48.26cm x 20.32cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1962.164
Credit Line:
John L. Severance Fund
Context:
Shiva, eight-armed, in destructive aspect (sammaramurti) having killed the elephant (gaja) shaped demon (asura) has taken skin for garment. He holds it behind him: elephant's head and forelegs at left of god's lifted leg; hind legs above god's head upper right. God carries noose, trident, elephant tusk in right hands; left hands: one is broken offf; second holds drum; third against his hair, in vismaya mudra, gesture of astonishment. Dwarf gana at lower left; Devi at lower right probably held skanda, their son, now boken off.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.AM20020579.tif
