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Detail of Shiva Embracing his Consort Uma in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Detail of Shiva Embracing his Consort Uma in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010
Shiva Embracing His Consort, Uma (Alinganamurti)

Period: Chola period (880–1279)

Date: late 11th century

Culture: India (Tamil Nadu)

Medium: Copper alloy

Dimensions: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. of base: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

Classification: Sculpture

Credit Line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998

Accession Number: 2000.284.2

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/6000...

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