Trident with Shiva as Half-Woman (Ardhanarishvara)
c. 1050
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Trident with Shiva as Half-Woman (Ardhanarishvara), c. 1050. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period (900-13th Century). Bronze; overall: 39.6 cm (15 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1969.117
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 39.6 cm (15 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.117
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1969, Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 244 Indian and Southeast Asian
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