Bronze Shiva Mukhalinga - 18th Century Material - Acacia Wood From Inner Mongolia China

From Inner Mongolia China

71 x 3 x 186 (wxdxh cms)

Chests and boxes in India are found in an extraordinary variety of styles reflecting the many cultures that conquered and influenced India

59 x 59 x 16

Bronze Shiva Mukhalinga - 18th Century Material - Acacia Wood From Inner Mongolia ChinaThis excellent 18th century bronze head of Shiva is a mukhalinga, literally translating to 'lingam with a face'. Lingams are phallic eggs and the non representational form of Shiva, one of the three most prominent gods of Hinduism. Shiva is The Destroyer who demolishes in order for the world to be created anew. Originally mukhalingas were carved stone lingam, however in the 18th century, they came to be covers for lingam stones, believed to preserve