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GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
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SHIVA AND PARVATI BEHIND THE BULL NANDI
GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Opaque and transparent pigments heightened with gold on paper, he stands leaning his elbows on the bull, gazing at a fruit that Parvati is holding, she wears a red veil and a blue dress trimmed with gold, the bull Nandi turns his head in order to groom himself with his tongue, the blue borders with gold and silver floral arabesque, the pink margins painted with a lattice of birds and shivalingams on which lies a datura flower, mounted
Painting 8 x 5 7/8in. (20.3 x 15cm.); Folio 10 7/8 x 8 7/8in. (27.6 x 22.54cm.)
GULER, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Opaque and transparent pigments heightened with gold on paper, he stands leaning his elbows on the bull, gazing at a fruit that Parvati is holding, she wears a red veil and a blue dress trimmed with gold, the bull Nandi turns his head in order to groom himself with his tongue, the blue borders with gold and silver floral arabesque, the pink margins painted with a lattice of birds and shivalingams on which lies a datura flower, mounted
Painting 8 x 5 7/8in. (20.3 x 15cm.); Folio 10 7/8 x 8 7/8in. (27.6 x 22.54cm.)
Literature
A. Neven, Peintures des Indes, Mythologies et Legendes, Brussels, 1976, no. 184, p.60
J. Bautze, Indian Miniature Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, 1987, cat. 57, pp.129-130
J. Bautze, Indian Miniature Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, 1987, cat. 57, pp.129-130