Lot 508 Dα

A Southern India copper alloy Shiva Sharabhesha. Tamil Nadu. 15th century

A Southern India Tamil Nadu copper alloy Shiva Sharabhesha with four arms and eight legs, in the shape of a bird-man-lion, based on the image of the mythical Sharaba, his upper hands holding parashu and mriga, his main hands disembowelling the prostrate Narasimha, Vishnu in his incarnation as man-lion, who is raising his hands in anjali mudra. Perspex base. Tamil Nadu. 15th century.
Height 6.2 cm