Shiva as Lord of the Heavens, Earth, and Underworld

ca. 1825

19.7 cm 25.4 cm

Citation

This visually striking picture is iconographically baffling and unique. The deity has been identified as Kalagni Rudra, or the All-Consuming-Fire-That-Is-Time, which may explain the conceptual framework for the image but is not a specific iconographic form. The three realms of...

Artifact

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15562
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Charles Ewart, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, September 17, 1973, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.926

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