Shiva as Vanquisher of the Three Cities (Shiva Tripuravijaya)

Medium

Copper alloy

Dimensions

H. 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); D. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Culture & Period

India, Tamil Nadu · Chola period

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace and The Vincent Astor Foundation Gifts, funds from various donors, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr. Gift, Oscar L. Tang Fund for Asian Art, Fletcher Fund, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund, Eliot and Wilson Nolen Gift, and Seymour Fund; Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness Fund, Bequests of Bernard M. Baruch and Mary Strong Shattuck, Gifts of George D. Pratt and Mrs. Lewis S. Wolff, from the Estate of Dorothea Wolff, and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 2018

Accession Number

2018.757