![A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF UMA, SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY | Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | | Sotheby's A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF UMA, SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY | Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | | Sotheby's](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6b93e4c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x2000+0+0/resize/2048x2048!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F2f%2Fff%2F55a2f386461d882756a0480e8895%2Fn10337-354-b7xk5-web.jpg)
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF UMA, SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY | Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | | Sotheby's
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William Dalrymple on Twitter: "In Chola sculpture the sexual nature of the Gods is strongly implied rather than directly stated. It is there in the extraordinary swinging rhythm of these eternally still
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g katyan misra on Twitter: "#Parvati #chola #bronze #sculpture imagine how developed metal craft was in 11-12th AD #Metallurgy? such magnificent statue were made as per prescribed method by #Sthapaty using lost
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