18th Jan, 2025 10:00

Auction 22

 
Lot 55
 
Lot 55 - SHIVA AND PARVATI AS UMA MAHESVARA STONE NEPAL 18TH CENTURY

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SHIVA AND PARVATI AS UMA MAHESVARA STONE NEPAL 18TH CENTURY

Dimensions: Height 32 cm Wide 25 cm Depth 9 cm without base

Weight: 15500 grams with base

Finely and deeply carved to depict Maheshwara (Shiva) and his wife Uma (Parvati) in atikarohana form, together in blissful marital harmony, supported by their vahanas the bull and lion at their feet atop a lotus base.

The four-armed Shiva is seated in ardha padmasana with the primary right hand raised in abhaya mudra, his body richly adorned with beaded necklaces, a long gracefully flowing sash, and heavy earrings. He is wearing a jatamukuta and foliate crown, backed by a petal-bordered nimbus. Uma is seated on his lap in lalitasana and similarly dressed, her right hand held at the chest. The divine couple framed by an arched mandorla with lotus petal and foliate borders.

Sold for €2,125