Nandishvara
c. 800 - c. 900
- Medium
- andesite
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 76.5 cm x width 37 cm x depth 22 cm x weight 64 kg
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Herman Karel Westendorp, 1928)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Nandishvara is one of the two guards at the entrance to temples of the Hindu god Shiva. He has the appearance of an elegant young man and stands on Shiva’s right side. In one hand he holds a circle of prayer beads, in the other a floating lotus flower. The trident is the weapon of Shiva.
