Shiva and Parvati

11th century

10.2 cm 7.6 cm 6.4 cm

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The intimacy of the divine couple is conveyed by Parvati's posture as she thrusts her shoulders toward Shiva but holds her head back, as if she were an enraptured listener. The faces have become worn as the result of the application of perfumes in the course of generations of...

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Ian Alsop, New York and Santa Fe [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, October 31, 1986, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.
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