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（Somaskanda）造像，制于公元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60cm×70cm×30cm（即23英寸×26英寸×13英寸）。 据artsmia.org平台的相关介绍： *湿婆（Shiva）与其妻子乌玛（Uma）并排端坐于双莲台之上，二者之间原本留有他们幼子鸠摩罗（Skanda）的残迹，如今这件精美青铜造像上该孩童形象已不复存在。这种被称为索马桑达（Somaskanda）的标准造像范式，最早出现于公元6世纪泰米尔纳德邦（Tamil Nadu）的寺庙中，时至今日仍是湿婆的主要显相形式之一。在南印度寺庙中，青铜造像在宗教礼拜实践中发挥着极为重要的作用，信众将其视作神祇的具象化身。造像底座上的孔洞表明，这件青铜造像原本会被抬出寺庙院落参与游行仪式。 更多相关信息：https://collections.artsmia.org/art/6224/somaskanda-india 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab