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Painting
The God Shiva, His Consort Parvati, and a Musician
Indian artist, (active )
Indian artist
India
Primary
7 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (19.1 x 27 cm)
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sheet (irregular)
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image
image
Opaque watercolor
Opaque watercolor
Jaipur, Rajasthan
ca. 1800-1850
1800
1850
1800-1900, cows, Indian, musicians, paintings, Parvati, Shiva
Painting
Shiva as the divine ascetic and the embodiment of the creative-destructive force can be identified by many attributes, each having symbolic value. He wears a tiger/leopard skin wrap (he has conquered pride), snakes coil around his hair, neck, and arms (cosmic energy, regeneration), he holds an axe (destruction) and a deer (regeneration, control of man's unsteady mind). His matted hair contains the crescent moon (time), from the top of his head flows the river Ganga (fertility), and he has a third eye in the center of his forehead (wisdom).
Shiva's consort or female half, Parvati, shown in quite elaborate dress, sits next to him as a musician entertains them. The white bull in the lower corner is Nandi, Shiva's vahana or vehicle, who, in India, is often worshiped in Shiva's place.
verso, Frame stamped in purple ink with inscription in grey ink inside, in Hindi numbers
1983.52
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/5/2001
83.52SL1
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full
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83.52DI1
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2 x 2
7/23/2002
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83.52SL2
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Sculpture
Head of Siva: Fragment from a Sculptured Group
Indian artist, (active )
Indian artist
India
Primary
4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
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Sandstone
Sandstone
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0
500-1000, heads, Indian, Shiva
Sculpture
1958.40
item
Memorial Art Gallery
3/13/2001
58.40DI#1
digital image
4/4/2008
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58.40DI#2
digital image
7/29/2021
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Sculpture
Three Hindu Gods
Narayana-Surya-Shiva
Indian artist, (active )
Indian artist
India
Primary
22 3/8 x 15 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (56.8 x 40 x 23.8 cm)
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Sandstone
Sandstone
10th Century -12th Century
900
1199
1000-1400, 500-1000, Indian, Narayana, sculpture, Shiva, Surya
Sculpture
The identity of the three Hindu gods in this sculpture remains a mystery. The most common three-headed sculpture in Hindu art is of Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu. The cobras around the heads are sometimes associated with Brahma, the Creator; Shiva, the Destroyer; and Vishnu, the Preserver. The monkey on the left side of the sculpture could refer to Prince Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu and the protagonist of The Ramayana, one of India's great national epic poems, because an army of monkeys and bears helped him defeat the demon king Ravana. One missing visual element, however, suggests that the sculpture does not contain the god Shiva, who can always be identified by the presence of a third eye.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1961.12
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Memorial Art Gallery
3/13/2001
61.12SL1
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61.12DI1
digital image
3/4
2 x 2
7/23/2002
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61.12DI#2
digital image
proper right side
5/28/2015
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61.12DI#3
digital image
proper left side
5/28/2015
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