Nagaraja and Nagini - New York City, NY
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N 40° 46.720 W 073° 57.767
18T E 587523 N 4514704
This sculpture is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Waymark Code: WMMZHX
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Although displayed together in the Museum, the Museum's website has two separate pages for these figures.
For the Nagaraja on the left (visit link) the Museum informs us:

"Nagaraja (Serpent King)
Period: Gupta period
Date: ca. second quarter of the 5th century
Culture: India (Madhya Pradesh)
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: H. 38 7/8 in. (98.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of The Kronos Collections, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.415.1
On view in Gallery 236

On the Indian subcontinent, temples have been dedicated to the worship of serpents since the dawn of civilization. Both Buddhism and Hinduism adopted nagarajas and naginis (serpent kings and their consorts) as protective divinities and depicted them like human beings. This sculpture from a pair of royal serpents (1987.415.1, .2) is carved in the round. The figure stand in front of cobras, whose open hoods form canopies for their heads. They date from the early part of the Gupta period and maintain ties to the style of the late Kushan period."

and for the Nagini, (visit link)

"Nagini (Serpent Queen or Consort of Nagaraja)
Period: Gupta period
Date: second quarter of the 5th century
Culture: India (Madhya Pradesh)
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: H. 34 1/2 in. (87.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of The Kronos Collections, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.415.2
On view in Gallery 236

On the Indian subcontinent, temples have been dedicated to the worship of serpents since the dawn of civilization. Both Buddhism and Hinduism adopted nagarajas and naginis (serpent kings and their consorts) as protective divinities and depicted them like human beings. This sculpture from a pair of royal serpents (1987.415.1, .2) is carved in the round. The figure stand in front of cobras, whose open hoods form canopies for their heads. They date from the early part of the Gupta period and maintain ties to the style of the late Kushan period."

Wikipedia simply groups all the Hindu and Buddhist serpent deities under its page for Nagas (visit link)
Time Period: Ancient

Approximate Date of Epic Period: 1000 BC

Epic Type: Religous

Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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