Silver repousse box with the Brihadisvara temple in Tanjore

silver on copper

36.00 cm wide 18.00 cm high 16.20 cm deep

14.17 inches wide 7.09 inches high 6.38 inches deep

On the lid of the box is an exact depiction of the Brihadisvara temple in Tanjore with its distinctive crowned vimana and with a recumbent bull on a stepped nandi mandapa on a North-South axis with the main shrine. The Shrine is dedicated to the worship of Shiva. Its intricately carved walls are covered with the 108 poses of the Bharata-Natyam, a classical Indian dance, mimed by Shiva in person. The box is covered on all sides with scenes from the life of Shiva to tie in with the iconography on the temple.

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