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Shiva and Parvati

Painting
ca. 1830 - ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Shiva and Parvati on Kailasi (a mountain). A tiger and cow sit below.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShiva and Parvati (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Shiva and Parvati, opaque watercolour on paper, Mandi, ca. 1830-1840
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Shiva and Parvati on Kailasi (a mountain). A tiger and cow sit below.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 258mm
  • Page width: 199mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 228mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 172mm
17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description
Shiva and Parvati on Kailasi (a mountain). A tiger and cow sit below.
Styles
Credit line
P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 366. cat. no. 66
Collection
Accession number
IS.128-1949

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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