South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c10.143

c10.143

This is one of the finds from Polonnaruwa. For reasons which we have considered at pages 65-66 this image may be ascribed to about the eleventh century. Artistically it is much superior to the example at Musee Guimet which it follows very closely in conception and details. There is one peculiarity in the iconology of this image which should be noted. The crescent moon is placed on the matted locks instead of at the head as in all other examples.