30 décembre 2008
Blackstone Figure of a Nandi Bull, South India, 16th-17th century
A Blackstone Figure of a Nandi Bull, South India, 16th-17th century. Height: 28cm; Length and Depth: 33 by 12 cm. Reclining on a rectangular plinth, wearing a necklace of bells. Nandi is the vehicle of Siva, the great “creator and destroyer” of Hinduism....