A RARE PALLAVA BRONZE FIGURE OF SIVA, TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, 7TH/8TH CENTURY standing on a domed base with projections for prabha (now missing), the four-armed deity holding various attributes, with earrings, pointed headdress and flaring hair forming a triangle 15.5cm high Provenance: Private collection, London. Acquired in New York in the mid-1970s The tall slender figure and shape of the crown suggest an early date for this image of Siva. The stylised triangular shape of the radiating from the god's head is particularly characteristic of his fierce form, Bhairava, although in this case the features are not distinct.