Shiva Lingam in Dendritic Agate. - Height: 152 mm - Width: 68 mm- 911 g
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Shiva Lingam in dendritic agate, carved from a natural agate block from Madagascar, measuring 152 mm high, 68 mm wide, 68 mm deep and weighing 911 g.
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This Shiva Lingam was carved from a block of natural agate, a microcrystalline quartz that forms through millennia of mineral sedimentation and silica infiltrations into rock cavities. Every shade and vein is the result of a slow geological process, turning the stone into an archive of Earth's memory. Agate is famous for its concentric bands and its chromatic landscapes: in this specimen, warm ochre and orange tones intertwine with greys and earthy browns, with delicate dendritic inclusions that seem to sketch fossil trees and petrified branches. A natural work that recalls miniature landscapes painted by the hand of time. The Lingam, ancestral symbol of Hindu tradition, represents the cosmic union between Shiva and Shakti, between creative energy and vital principle. In its oval, elongated form, it concentrates balance and harmony, becoming a tool for meditation and spiritual connection. Agate, associated since antiquity with protection, stability, and rootedness, amplifies the symbolic value of this artifact, making it an object not only ornamental but also energetic. Each Lingam is unique: its stratifications tell an unrepeatable landscape, uniting the power of nature and the artisan's hand in a perfect balance of sacredness, geology, and aesthetics.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
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Translated by Google TranslateThis Shiva Lingam was carved from a block of natural agate, a microcrystalline quartz that forms through millennia of mineral sedimentation and silica infiltrations into rock cavities. Every shade and vein is the result of a slow geological process, turning the stone into an archive of Earth's memory. Agate is famous for its concentric bands and its chromatic landscapes: in this specimen, warm ochre and orange tones intertwine with greys and earthy browns, with delicate dendritic inclusions that seem to sketch fossil trees and petrified branches. A natural work that recalls miniature landscapes painted by the hand of time. The Lingam, ancestral symbol of Hindu tradition, represents the cosmic union between Shiva and Shakti, between creative energy and vital principle. In its oval, elongated form, it concentrates balance and harmony, becoming a tool for meditation and spiritual connection. Agate, associated since antiquity with protection, stability, and rootedness, amplifies the symbolic value of this artifact, making it an object not only ornamental but also energetic. Each Lingam is unique: its stratifications tell an unrepeatable landscape, uniting the power of nature and the artisan's hand in a perfect balance of sacredness, geology, and aesthetics.
Seller's Story
The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements.
Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past".
All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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