SOUTH INDIA, LATE CHOLA OR EARLY VIJAYANAGAR PERIOD, 13TH/14TH CENTURY

Details

A Large Bronze Figure of Parvati*
South India, Late Chola or Early Vijayanagar Period, 13th/14th Century
The massive bronze expressively cast standing in tribhanga on a lotus base with square plinth, wearing a long dhoti finely incised with bands of floral patterns, multiple necklaces and bracelets, her face with a graceful expression surmounted by a conical headdress
35 3/8 in. (89.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Cora Timken Collection, acquired from Hagop Kevorkian, 1917
On loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 20 December 1917.
Bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1956 (Cora Timken Burnett Bequest; 57.51.5)

Exhibited

Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Gods, Thrones, and Peacocks, April - May 1966

Special notice

This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

Lot Essay

The individual aspects of this bronze are rather unusual, the rounded facial features and aquiline nose for example, complicating the question of dating. Elements such as the sash, girdle, armlets and headdress are delineated with restraint and follow Chola Period conventions, including the gentle tribhanga position with the less common hipswing to the right, as well as the lotus base modeled with alternating petals in relief. The modeling of the back is slightly flattened with a canted waistline.

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