Parvati (left) is the daughter of the Mountain King Parvata. When she is with her husband, Shiva, her right hand holds a lotus flower while her left arm hangs gracefully to the side of her body "like the tail of a cow" (lolahastamudra). She is the companion figure to the Shiva Vrishavahana in the collection (F.1972.24.S).
Details
- Title: Parvati
- Date: c. 1000
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: overall: 34-1/2 x 11 x 9 in. (87.6 x 27.9 x 22.9 cm)
- Credit Line: The Norton Simon Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon
- Accession Number: F.1982.2.2.S
- Copyright: © The Norton Simon Foundation
Object Information
- Dehejia, Vidya, Asian Art: Selections from the Norton Simon Museum, fig. 10 p. 43
- Khandalavala, Karl, Marg, p. 9
- Lerner, Martin, The Connoisseur, fig. 7 p. 199
- Knoke, Christine, Arts of Asia, p. 67
- Knoke, Christine, Minerva, fig. 13 p. 29
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Indian Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection, Circa 500 B.C. - A.D. 700, 1986, p. 123
- Barret, Douglas, Marg, 1998, pp. 82-90
- Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 1: Art from the Indian Subcontinent, 2003, no. 172b pp. 240-241
- Campbell, Sara, Orientations, 2004, pp. 30-31
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 756 p. 335
- Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, In Pursuit of the Past: Collecting Old Art in Modern India circa 1900-1950, 2015, 8.17 pp. 131-133
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