
Mark Rasmussen
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Compare with two closely related compositions, one held in the Cincinnati Museum of Art, published in Pal, The Arts of Kashmir, New York, 2008, figs 83-4, pp. 84-5. The piece also compares to a Brahmanical Triad in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, attributed to the 8th/9th century (1985.85) and a sculpture of Shiva and Parvati attributed to the 11th century, formerly in the Pan-Asian Collection (see Pal, The Sensous Immortals, 1997, no. 28, pp. 54-5).
As Michael Spink concludes in discussion of this piece, the modeling and posture of Shiva is similar to brass and stone Vishnus in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [M.80.6.2 & M.69.13.2, see Pal, Indian Sculpture, vol. 2, 1988, pp.70-72, no. 14a-b]. He comments, "Our sculpture can be placed into the second half of the ninth century, when the Karkota dynasty's rule was replaced by the Utpala dynasty under Avantivarman (r. 855-83)" (A. Topsfield (ed.), In the Realm of Gods and Kings, New York, 2004, no. 34, pp. 96).
Published:
Topsfield (ed.), In the Realm of Gods and Kings, New York, 2004, no. 34, pp. 96-7.
Provenance:
Spink & Son, 1982
Private Collection since 1982