Shiva and His Family

10th century CE

11.3 cm 12.8 cm 6.5 cm

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Shiva, who is associated with both destruction and fertility, sits with his wife, the goddess Parvati, who is assocated with peaceful stability, and their two sons, Kumara and the elephant-headed Ganesha. Shiva’s bull and Parvati’s lion perch below the god and goddess, and a d...

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Bashir Antiquities, New Delhi; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, February 1989; given to Walters Art Museum, 2008.
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