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林伽(Linga)是以男性生殖器為形象(女性生殖器形象為優尼-Yuni)象徵著生育,創造,彰顯著生殖崇拜的意涵.
四面林伽是林伽的一種形式,其四面代表者濕婆的四個面向(而濕婆本身則代表者第五個面向).五個面向象徵著濕婆的五種特質即生主神主無宅主依主及自在主.
Description (guaranteed):
Front Shiva head with tall jatamukuta and beaded headress, rosette earrings, finely incised arched eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, straight nose, gently smiling lips, beaded collar and tresses escaping over shoulder.
Published: published in Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, exhibition catalogue, The Art Institute of Chicago,1997, cat no. 9, pp. 17, 272.
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Condition:
In overall good condition with minor chips and abrasions, chips to nose on front face, abrasions to lips as apparent in photograph, secondary faces with losses to face, nose and lips, soil encrustation throughout, no base.
Designation: Property from the Alsdorf's Collection
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