altar stand

Copper alloy temple stand with stepped lotus pedestal supporting a figure of Nandi, the bull of Shiva. The figure stands on a double-branched support arising from the stand. Rising from the back is a vertical support with a socket at the top into which was probably set a lamp. End of one branch broken off.

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