Title: Shiva Embracing His Consort, Uma (Alinganamurti)
Object type: Statue
Date: late 11th century
Culture: India (Tamil Nadu)
Period: Chola period (880–1279)
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. of base: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Parvati, term: Shiva