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Shiva as Mahadeva

9th century
Object PlaceCentral Java, Indonesia
Medium/TechniqueStone sculpture, andesite with traces of polychromy
Dimensions35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineReceived from the Rijksethnografisch Museum, Leiden, by exchange
Accession number27.422
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceReportedly part of the inheritance of King William II (b. 1792 - d. 1849); 1854, transferred from the royal collection to the Museum voor Volkenkunde, or Ethnographic Museum in Leiden, Netherlands; 1927, received from the Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde or National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, in exchange for 21.1835. (Accession date: July 7, 1927)
first half 15th century
about 1475–1500
end of 13th century
about 1415
third quarter of 14th century
14th century