Nandi
Figure
ca. 13th century (made)
ca. 13th century (made)
| Place of origin |
The bull-calf Nandi represented as reclining on a rectangular base. His horns are blunted, there is a small hump behind his shoulder, and he is richly trapped with two collars of small bells, an ornamental girth strap and frontlet. Between his forefeet is the lingam, representing the god Shiva, with a cobra canopy.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Nandi (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Granite |
| Brief description | Nandi; Sculpture, granite, Mysore, c.13th century |
| Physical description | The bull-calf Nandi represented as reclining on a rectangular base. His horns are blunted, there is a small hump behind his shoulder, and he is richly trapped with two collars of small bells, an ornamental girth strap and frontlet. Between his forefeet is the lingam, representing the god Shiva, with a cobra canopy. |
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| Credit line | Given by F.J. McLaughlin, esq., M.I.C.E. |
| Object history | The figure represents Nandi, the bull vehicle or vahana of the Hindu god Shiva. Such recumbent figures of Nandi are place before the temples of Shiva in a small open-sided temple of their own. The style of decoration of this sculpture has been identified with that of the Hoysala kingdom (c.1110-1327) of the area around Mysore in Karnataka, south-west India. The donor, a Mr McLaughlin, noted that the figure came from a temple at Mysore submerged during the construction of the local waterworks in 1882. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.76-1917 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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