Bronze Shiva Mukhalinga - 18th Century Small Boxes Its gently weathered surface

Its gently weathered surface

It comes from Shanxi Province & was originally a kang table - used beside a bed

Condition: Beautiful aged wear

combined with its striking swirling grain

This tansu chest retains the original iron hardware and urushi lacquer finish

Bronze Shiva Mukhalinga - 18th Century Small Boxes Its gently weathered surfaceThis excellent 18th century bronze head of Shiva is a mukhalinga, literally translating to 'lingam with a face'. Lingams are phallic eggs and the non representational form of Shiva, one of the three most prominent gods of Hinduism. Shiva is The Destroyer who demolishes in order for the world to be created anew. Originally mukhalingas were carved stone lingam, however in the 18th century, they came to be covers for lingam stones, believed to preserve