A BRONZE FIGURE OF UMA MAHESHVARA
A BRONZE FIGURE OF UMA MAHESHVARA
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF UMA MAHESHVARA

NORTH INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, PROBABLY CHAMBA, 10TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF UMA MAHESHVARA
NORTH INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, PROBABLY CHAMBA, 10TH CENTURY
Shiva seated in lalitasana on the back of Nandi over a rectangular plinth, holding a trident in his proper right upper hand and supporting Parvati on his left knee, the pair backed by and arched nimbus
5 ½ in. (13.9 cm.) high
Provenance
James Singer, London, 25 March 1980.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
Literature
P. Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, 1997, pp. 26 and 276, cat. no. 20.
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, “A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection,” 2 August-26 October 1997, cat. no. 20.

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