Somaskanda, 14th or 15th C CE

Bronze Indian Somaskanda, 14th or 15th C CE, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Instutute of Art. About 60cm x 70cm x 30cm (23 x 26 x 13 inches) From its description on artsmia.org: *'Shiva and his wife Uma sit next to each other on double lotus pedestals, between them a residual remnant of their small child, Skanda, now missing from the magnificent bronze. The standard format—known as Somaskanda—arose as early as the 6th century in temples from Tamil Nadu, and remains Shiva's main manifest form today. In south Indian temples, bronze images play a huge role in devotional practice, where they are treated as living embodiments of the gods. The holes in the base indicate that this particular bronze would have been carried in processions outside the temple grounds.'* More information: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/6224/somaskanda-india Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab青铜制印度索马桑达像（Somaskanda），制作于公元14或15世纪，现收藏于明尼阿波利斯艺术博物馆（Minneapolis Institute of Art）。 尺寸约为60厘米×70厘米×30厘米（23英寸×26英寸×13英寸）。 据artsmia.org上的藏品介绍： * "湿婆（Shiva）与其妻乌玛（Uma）并肩端坐于双莲台之上，二者之间原本应有二人幼子塞犍陀（Skanda）的造像，如今这件精美青铜造像已缺失该部分。这种被称为索马桑达的标准造像范式，最早可追溯至公元6世纪泰米尔纳德邦的神庙之中，时至今日仍是湿婆的主要显相形式之一。在南印度的神庙中，青铜造像在宗教礼拜实践中扮演着极为重要的角色，信众将其视作神祇的肉身化身。底座上的孔洞表明，这件青铜造像原本会被用于神庙外的游行仪式。" 更多相关信息：https://collections.artsmia.org/art/6224/somaskanda-india 来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab