SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY

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A bronze figure of Shiva and Parvati embracing
South India, Chola period, 13th Century
Cast together standing on a lotus base, Shiva with his arms radiating around him, holding an axe and gently embracing his consort, clad in a short dhoti and adorned with beaded jewelry, his face flanked by pendant earlobes, the hair piled in to a high jatamukuta and adorned with a crescent moon, Parvati standing in elegant tribhanga, her right arm raised and her left echoing her curvaceous figure, wearing a long dhoti and adorned with body ornaments, her face surmounted by a tall headdress, both over a rectangular plinth
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high

Provenance

The Arthur M. Sackler Collection, on loan to the Brooklyn Museum since 1968; L.68.13.24

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Please note there is an additional sticker with handwritten reference to C.T. Loo on the back of the base.

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Lot Essay

This finely executed sculpture represents Shiva as Alingana Chandrashekara, 'Lord crowned with the Moon' embracing his consort. Such representations would likely have been used in processional ceremonies, where attached to palanquins and carried by priests, they would be led in to the temple to inspect the premises.

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