Shiva - Sakti
14th century or earlier
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
In Nepali Tantric Buddhism, Shiva the Destroyer and Shakti, his creative counterpart, are portrayed in a close embrace. The union of male and female energies symbolizes the process of regeneration.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Locations
- Place made: Nepal
- Dimensions
- 3 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (9.5 × 8.9 × 8.3 cm) mount (with object): 4 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 8.9 × 6.4 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 79.189.3
- Credit Line
- Anonymous gift
- Exhibitions
- Arts of the Himalayas
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, Arts of the Himalayas, 2nd floor
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