Shiva Nataraja, anonymous, c. 1200 - c. 1300

bronze (metal), h 10.8cm × w 7.0cm × d 3.9cm More details

Nataraja, King of Dancers, is one of the best-known manifestations of Shiva. This form probably originated in the 9th or 10th century, in southeast India (the present state of Tamil Nadu), and became very popular under the rule of the Cholas (9th-13th century). In addition to the large Natarajas in temples, small statues were also made, probably intended for house altars.

Identification

Title(s)

Shiva Nataraja

Object type

Object number

AK-MAK-189

Description

Beeld van de dansende Shiva Nataraja in een vlammenhalo.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Zuid-India

Dating

c. 1200 - c. 1300

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

height 10.8 cm × width 7.0 cm × depth 3.9 cm

Subject

Who

Shiva

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Herman Visser, 1948)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from Dr Herman Floris Eduard Visser (1890-1965), fl. 1,060, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1948;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Museumschatten, p. 17-20, afb.
Museum van Aziatische kunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam : catalogus, H.F.E. Visser, cat.nr. 211
Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten, (1935) oct. p. 297
Peter J.J. de Bruijn, 'Karaikkalammaiyar', Aziatische Kunst 30/2 (2000), pp. 14-24.

Persistent URL

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