£30,000 - £50,000
A FINE CHOLA PERIOD BRONZE FIGURE OF PARVATI,
CIRCA 12-13TH CENTURY
also known in Southern India as Uma, finely cast in classic Chola style with tall headdress, long almond eyes and defined features, profusely draped in jewels, beads, armlets, bracelets and anklets.
46.5 cm high
PROVENANCE: Angela Trueb (nee Clement-Davies) Collection
NOTE: Parvati would have stood in conjunction with Shiva, her graceful and calm poise juxtaposing the distinctively fervent motion of The Lord of Dance and Dramatic Arts. Referred to as Uma in Southern India, she is the embodiment of beauty, symbolising female fertility and the tamer of Shiva’s powers. This figure has a plain ovoid base, her hand is raised in katakamudra, her festooned belt with a sacred thread, her serene face with elongated eyes, her head with a stepped conical headdress, finely patinated in a worn dark green with old handling highlights.
Good overall appearance and colour. Small patch to the bronze beneath the figure's right knee. Also, a firing fault to the back of the figure, but overall it does present very well. We also have a copy of a Spink valuation/appraisal from 24th June 1993.
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