Shiva, Ganesh and Kartikeya

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On display at V&A South Kensington

South Asia Gallery, Room 41

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kangra (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, the burning ground; Shiva with his wife, Parvati, and two sons, Ganesh and Kartikeya (Skanda). Sitting on Parvati's lap, Kartikeya is represented giving the heads (from the dead bodies) to Shiva, who, aided by Ganesh, is stringing them as a necklace.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Shiva, Ganesh and Kartikeya (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper Opaque Watercolour Paper Paint Gold Painted
Brief description	Painting, Shiva and family, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, on paper, Kangra, ca. 1810
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, the burning ground; Shiva with his wife, Parvati, and two sons, Ganesh and Kartikeya (Skanda). Sitting on Parvati's lap, Kartikeya is represented giving the heads (from the dead bodies) to Shiva, who, aided by Ganesh, is stringing them as a necklace.
Dimensions	Height: 245mm Width: 150mm Image within innermost painted borders height: 221mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 129mm 05/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013
Styles	Pahari Kangra
Credit line	Purchased from Dr A. K. Coomaraswamy, 39 Brookfield, West Hill, Highgate, N
Subjects depicted	Deities Shiva Parvati Ganesh
Bibliographic references	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. 304, cat. no. 57 Baker, Malcolm, and Brenda Richardson (eds.), A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: V&A Publications, 1999.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.6-1912

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Record created	October 28, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O68818/shiva-ganesh-and-kartikeya-painting-unknown/

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