Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati
ca. 1690
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold, and applied beetle wing on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.1 × 18.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-127692
Wearing a snow-leopard skin draped over his shoulders, Sadashiva sits with the goddess on a mauve-petalled lotus floating against an orange-colored ground. Dominating the composition, his large, ash-white body captures the focus of the viewer's attention as well as that of the goddess, whose gaze is fervid and alert. The five-headed deity has eight arms that hold (clockwise from the top right) a …
Provenance
Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Registry history
- ca. 1690 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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