Head of Shiva as an ascetic
On display
This strongly modelled head shows the god with the matted locks of an ascetic and the third eye of insight.
Details
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Title
Head of Shiva as an ascetic
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Associated place
north India (place of creation) -
Date
5th century AD (AD 401 - 500)
Gupta Period (AD 320 - 600) -
Material and technique
terracotta
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
16.5 x 15.2 x 10.5 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Douglas and Mary Barrett, 2013.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 12 | India to AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA2013.88
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Further reading
Ahuja, Naman, Art and Archaeology of Ancient India: Earliest Times to the Sixth Century (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2018), no. 114
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