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SOUTH INDIA, KERALA, CIRCA 15TH/16TH CENTURY
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A bronze figure of Shiva and Parvati
South India, Kerala, circa 15th/16th century
Shiva seated in lalitasana, clad in an ankle-length dhoti and adorned with the sacred thread, the face with benevolent expression centered by the third eye and surmounted by a wide jatamukuta with intertwined snakes and the crescent moon at the side, holding a fruit, axe, and the deer, his fourth hand around Parvati's waist, who is seated on his thigh, her left hand raised in katakamudra and her upturned face topped with a conical headdress, both surrounded by a flaming aureole; with associated base
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high
South India, Kerala, circa 15th/16th century
Shiva seated in lalitasana, clad in an ankle-length dhoti and adorned with the sacred thread, the face with benevolent expression centered by the third eye and surmounted by a wide jatamukuta with intertwined snakes and the crescent moon at the side, holding a fruit, axe, and the deer, his fourth hand around Parvati's waist, who is seated on his thigh, her left hand raised in katakamudra and her upturned face topped with a conical headdress, both surrounded by a flaming aureole; with associated base
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Alston and Eivor Callahan, Alabama, acquired in Switzerland, 29 November 1983
Collection of Dr. Mike and Mrs. Teresa Callahan, Alabama, acquired by inheritance
Collection of Dr. Mike and Mrs. Teresa Callahan, Alabama, acquired by inheritance
Exhibited
Birmingham Museum, Alabama, 2010 to present (528.2010A-B)
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