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Shiva and Parvati

Painting
ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Shiva and Parvati enthroned on the bull with celestial beings and musicians around them.


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 enthroned on bull, opaque watercolour on paper, Eastern Deccan, possibly Machilipatnam, ca. 1780
Physical description
Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, depicting Shiva and Parvati enthroned on the bull with celestial beings and musicians around them.
Content description
Shiva and Parvati enthroned on the bull with celestial beings and musicians around them.
Style
Credit line
Given by Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson Pasha and Colonel T.G.Gayer-Anderson, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.208-1953

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Record createdNovember 29, 2002
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