Figure

Description

Figure of the god Indra depicted frontally riding on the back of his elephant Airavata and holding a thunderbolt (vajra) in his raised right hand, carved from volcanic basalt: Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Java, Gunung Prau (Dieng Plateau), 8th - 9th century

Museum reference

A.UC.111

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Figure

Production information

India, South Asia
Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Date

9th - 12th century

Style / Culture

Hindu

Materials

Basalt, Volcanic rock, Tuff

Associations

Depicted: Indra

Exhibitions

• Inspired by Nature (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Inspired by Nature (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Wessels-Mevissen, Corinna. 2001. The Gods of the Directions in Ancient India: Origin and Early Development in Art and Literature (until c. 1000 A.D.), Dietrich Riemer Verlag: Berlin, see p.95 and Fig. 64

On display

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