Shiva as Bhairava
Unidentified maker, Rajasthan, India
12th century
Sikri sandstone
Overall: 24 in. (61 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of D. Herbert Beskind, Class of 1936
S.967.108
Geography
Place Made: India, South Asia, Asia
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022
HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022
REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022
Art History 31.01, Arts of South Asia, Seher Agarwala, Fall 2023
Art History 38.01, Asian Socieites, Cultures, and Languages 70.01, Sacred Architecture of Asia, Seher Argawala, Fall 2024
Provenance
Collection of Nasli Heeramaneck Galleries, New York; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, October 14, 1964 Sale, lot no. 126; sold to D. Herbert Beskind (1915-2015), New York, New York, October 14, 1964; given to present collection, 1967.
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