Nandishvara
Nandishvara is one of the two guards at the entrance to temples of the Hindu god Shiva. He has the appearance of an elegant young man and stands on Shiva’s right side. In one hand he holds a circle of prayer beads, in the other a floating lotus flower. The trident is the weapon of Shiva.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/12H13(SHIVA)9
- http://iconclass.org/12H13(SHIVA)8
Type of item
- figure
- Figure
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/12H13(SHIVA)9
- http://iconclass.org/12H13(SHIVA)8
Type of item
- figure
- Figure
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.800 - c.900
Place-Time
- 9th century
Places
- Midden-Java
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.2138
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5144
- AK-MAK-232-A
Extent
- height 76.5 cm
- width 37 cm
- depth 22 cm
- weight 64 kg
- width 37 cm
- depth 22 cm
Format
- andesite
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: Zuidoost-Azië, maritiem (collectie)
- collection: sculptures
- collectie: beeldhouwwerken
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:02:11.099Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:00:36.788Z