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Editorial Indrajit Makes Offerings.
Editorial Indrajit Makes Offerings.
Editorial Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja).
Editorial Sītā casts herself into the great fire to the horror of all. But Agni, the golden god of Fire himself, rises from the flames attesting to Sītā’s purity and presents her to her husband. The gods, headed by Brahmā on his ha?sa bird, Indra on his...
Editorial Agni, God of Fire, c. 1000. India, Uttar Pradesh, early 11th Century. Sandstone; overall: 73 x 40.6 cm (28 3/4 x 16 in.).
Editorial Indrajit Makes Offerings.
Editorial Siva's seed. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. This folio shows Agni carrying Siva's seed and presenting it to Ganga, personified as a woman and shown again as the river in the bottom right hand corner of the page. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala K...
Editorial The birth of Karttikeya. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. In this folio, Agni is shown carrying Siva's seed and depositing it on the slopes of the Himalayas. From this, a child was born who was cared for by the Krittkas or Pleides, a constellation ...
Editorial Seated Ascetic, Deified King, Agni (The God of Fire), ca. 3rd century, India (Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh), Bronze, H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Sculpture, This rare and enigmatic sculpture is difficult to identify...
Editorial Fire-Offering Ladle, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), Eastern Tibet, Derge, for China, Iron inlaid with gold and silver, L. 31 1/4 in. (79.4 cm), Metalwork, This ladle and its companion were used to make offerings of fuel during a Hom...
Editorial Siva's seed. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. This folio shows Agni carrying Siva's seed and presenting it to Ganga, personified as a woman and shown again as the river in the bottom right hand corner of the page. Image taken from Ramayana, Bala K...
Editorial Sītā casts herself into the great fire to the horror of all. But Agni, the golden god of Fire himself, rises from the flames attesting to Sītā’s purity and presents her to her husband. The gods, headed by Brahmā on his ha?sa bird, Indra on his...
Editorial The birth of Karttikeya. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. In this folio, Agni is shown carrying Siva's seed and depositing it on the slopes of the Himalayas. From this, a child was born who was cared for by the Krittkas or Pleides, a constellation ...
Editorial God of Fire, Agni, of the Medicine Buddha Mandala. Date/Period: 15th century. Painting. Mineral Pigments on cloth Mineral Pigments on cloth. Height: 419.10 mm (16.50 in); Width: 152.40 mm (6 in).
Editorial Seated Ascetic, Deified King, Agni (The God of Fire), ca. 3rd century, India (Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh), Bronze, H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Sculpture, This rare and enigmatic sculpture is difficult to identify...
Editorial Indrajit Makes Offerings.
Editorial Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja).
Editorial Seated Ascetic, Deified King, Agni (The God of Fire), ca. 3rd century, India (Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh), Bronze, H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm), Sculpture, This rare and enigmatic sculpture is difficult to identify...
Editorial Fire-Offering Ladle, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Yongle period (1403?24), Eastern Tibet, Derge, for China, Iron inlaid with gold and silver, L. 31 1/4 in. (79.4 cm), Metalwork, This ladle and its companion were used to make offerings of fuel during a Hom...