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MURSHIDABAD, INDIA, CIRCA 1790
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THE MARRIAGE OF SHIVA AND PARVATI
MURSHIDABAD, INDIA, CIRCA 1790
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the painting arranged in three registers, the uppermost inhabited by eight deities including Surya and Vishnu, seating on a dais beneath a yellow canopy, the central register depicting Parvati, seated on her father's lap, holding Shiva's hand as he kneels on a red carpet besides Brahma, the lower register showing the newly-weds, accompanied by a retinue of ascetics, maidens and a musician standing close to a fire attended by two Brahmins holding ceremonial hands, receiving a symbolic gift, black and yellow rules, garnet-red margins, the reverse with stamp of Elijah Impey and two former catalogue entries
12 ¾ x 8 5/8in. ( 32.4 x 22cm.)
MURSHIDABAD, INDIA, CIRCA 1790
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the painting arranged in three registers, the uppermost inhabited by eight deities including Surya and Vishnu, seating on a dais beneath a yellow canopy, the central register depicting Parvati, seated on her father's lap, holding Shiva's hand as he kneels on a red carpet besides Brahma, the lower register showing the newly-weds, accompanied by a retinue of ascetics, maidens and a musician standing close to a fire attended by two Brahmins holding ceremonial hands, receiving a symbolic gift, black and yellow rules, garnet-red margins, the reverse with stamp of Elijah Impey and two former catalogue entries
12 ¾ x 8 5/8in. ( 32.4 x 22cm.)
Provenance
Probably with Elijah Impey (1732-1809)
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