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Shiva, Parvati, Ganesh and Karttikeya

Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Shiva, Parvati, Karttikeya, Ganesha and the bull Nandi sit on a plain green ground. A fire of logs is burning beside them and a mango tree looms above them. Parvati plays on a vinawith yellow resonators.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShiva, Parvati, Ganesh and Karttikeya (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Shiva and Parvati, Ganesh and Karttikeya, opaque watercolour on paper, Guler, ca. 1760
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Shiva, Parvati, Karttikeya, Ganesha and the bull Nandi sit on a plain green ground. A fire of logs is burning beside them and a mango tree looms above them. Parvati plays on a vinawith yellow resonators.
Dimensions
  • Height: 245mm (maximum)
  • Width: 200mm (maximum)
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape
Content description
Shiva, Parvati, Karttikeya, Ganesha and the bull Nandi sit on a plain green ground. A fire of logs is burning beside them and a mango tree looms above them. Parvati plays on a vina with yellow resonators.
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles through The 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.157, cat. no. 39
Collection
Accession number
IS.34-1949

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2003
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