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9/2/2020 Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art | Sotheby's

Indian, Hi ma layan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 12:00 PM EDT

Lot 353

A BLACK STONE FIGURE OF UMA-MAHESHVARA , WESTERN INDIA , HARYANA , 12TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 USD

OTHER PROPERTIES
A BLACK STONE FIGURE OF UMA-MAHESHVARA
WESTERN INDIA, HARYANA, 12TH CENTURY

Height 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm)

Shiva seated in lalitasana embracing his consort, both seated atop Nandi on a stepped pedestal, surrounded by attendants and
flanked by sons Kartrikeya and Ganesha

Provenance
Originally acquired from Josephine Rosenberg, founder of Vallin Galleries, Connecticut (1951-2013)
Private American Collection
Acquired privately from Peter Rosenberg (1933-2013)

Catalogue Note
Compare the stepped pedestal, straight rectangular pillars and domed apex of the shrine, the carved lotus and incised petals of
the nimbus, the posture of the standing and seated attendants and the elongated fingers of the deities with a 12th century black
stone stele of Varaha at Fathabad, Hissar District, Haryana, see John Guy, Indian Temple Sculpture, London, 2007, p. 155, cat. no.
174.

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