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KG005 DVARAVATI GOLD - SITTING DEITY ON BUFFALO'S HEAD
Dvaravati, 6th - 7th Century
GOLD - SITTING DEITY ON BUFFALO'S HEAD
Provenance: found at Ta Praya, Sakaew Province, Thailand
Pre-/Angkor period
Style of Dvaravati
6th - 7th century
Gold
Height 1.70 cm, Width 3.80 cm, Depth 1.20 cm,
weight 21.25 gram

Description: This Dvaravati gold piece, in the middle, there is a sitting male/female divinity, rising hands and sitting on the buffulo's head. (Possibly image of the god Shiva is sitting on Nadin bull or maybe the goddess Durga Mahishasuramardini's victory over the demon-buffalo Mahishasura.)
It can be considered from her/his hair style and details on the left and right, can be dated to the beginning of the Dvaravati period, 6th - 7th century.



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