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Dark stone sculpture of a standing male deity with a tall tiered headdress, broken arms and a cut-off lower leg, against a black background.

Shiva, standing sandstone sculpture, mid-7th century

Standing sculpture of a male deity carved in dark sandstone, shown frontally against a black background. The figure wears a tall, tiered headdress, a bare chest, and a lower garment held by a belt, while the arms and lower right leg are broken away. The weathered surface shows reddish-brown tones.

Artist
Unknown
Date
mid- 7th century
Medium
Sandstone
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2990 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 667).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1987

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