About the Artwork
Shiva with the Moon in his Crown
11th century
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Indian
Indian
Copper alloy
Overall: 18 1/4 × 11 × 4 inches (46.4 × 27.9 × 10.2 cm) Installed: 21 7/8 × 11 × 4 1/2 inches (55.6 × 27.9 × 11.4 cm)
Sculpture
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund
80.38
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
(Peter Marks, New York, New York, USA)
1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Pal, Pratapaditya. "The Moon-Crested God and Related Images," Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 2/3 (1981): pp. 77-84, p. 76 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 4 (1981): p. 112 (ill.).
Kramrisch, Stella. Manifestations of Shiva. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1981, p. 108, no. 88, (ill.).
Mitchell, S.W. "The Asian Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts," Orientations, vol. 13, no. 5 (May 1982): pp. 14-36, (fig. 23).
Peter Marks Gallery, 25th Anniversary: 25 Selcted Works. 1985, (ill.).
The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Visitor's Guide. DIA. Detroit, 1995, p. 148, (ill.).
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Indian, Shiva with the Moon in his Crown, 11th century, copper alloy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, 80.38.
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