Androgynous Form of Shiva (Ardhanarishvara)

Arts of Asia

Pre–Angkor, 7th–8th century or later

Cambodia or Thailand

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Pre-Angkorean
Title: Androgynous Form of Shiva (Ardhanarishvara)
Place: Southeast Asia (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 601 CE–1995
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 43.1 × 13 × 10 cm (17 × 5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Reference Number: 1995.266
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Wood, James & Mancoff, Debra, Treasures from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 60 (image only).

With Gertrud Woodtli, Männedorf, Switzerland, by Sept. 18, 1995; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 13, 1995.

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