Title: Shiva, Parvati, and Their Son Skanda (Somaskandamurti)
Object type: Figure
Date: early 11th century
Culture: India (Tamil Nadu)
Period: Chola period (880–1279)
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 29 7/8 in. (53 cm); W. 21 7/8 in. (55.6 cm); D. 10 1/4 in. (26.2 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Cynthia Hazen and Leon B. Polsky, 1982
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Goddess, term: Shiva, term: Hinduism