Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga, or Standing Meditation, Posture and Protected by a Five-Headed Naga

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Basic Info
PeriodPallava Dynasty, 4th-9th centuries
Created inSouth Asia, India, Tamil Nadu
Century7th-8th century
CultureIndian
Dimensionsmaximum, image and base: H. 35.7 x W. 13.1 x D. 13.2 cm (14 1/16 x 5 3/16 x 5 3/16 in.) figure and naga hood only: H.25 cm (9 13/16 in.) figure, lotus base, and naga hood, excluding square base: H. 28.7 cm (11 5/16 in.)
Harvard Museum
DepartmentDepartment of Asian Art
DivisionAsian and Mediterranean Art
Contactam_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of an anonymous donor in honor of Robert D. Mowry and partial purchase through the generosity of David M. Leventhal and of the Ralph C. Marcove International Understanding Through Arts and Crafts Foundation, Inc.; through the bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin, by exchange; and through the Louis Sidney Thierry Memorial Fund and the Anthony M. Solomon Fund for the Acquisition of Asian Art