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PROPERTY FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
A large bronze figure of Parvati
SOUTH INDIA, CHOLA PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A large bronze figure of Parvati
South India, Chola Period, 11th century
Standing in elegant tribhanga on a circular lotus base, clad in a long dhoti with a pendent sash secured with a belt, wearing multiple necklaces, baju-bands, bracelets and anklets, the hair arranged in a high headdress, her right arm raised and her left arm echoing her curvaceous figure
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high
South India, Chola Period, 11th century
Standing in elegant tribhanga on a circular lotus base, clad in a long dhoti with a pendent sash secured with a belt, wearing multiple necklaces, baju-bands, bracelets and anklets, the hair arranged in a high headdress, her right arm raised and her left arm echoing her curvaceous figure
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Samuel Eilenberg Collection
Exhibited
Rochester, The University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, April 1961, cat. no. 39.