Parvati Artist: Unknown

15th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Parvati, the daughter of the Himalayan Mountains, is both Shiva’s wife and an independent deity. She assumes many manifestations, some ferocious—such as Durga and Kali—and others benign.

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

23 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (59.1 × 22.2 × 17.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow

Accession Number

2017.54.8

Geography

India

Culture

Indian

Period

Vijayanagara period (1336–1565)

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Private collection, East Asia, by 1998; sale, Christie’s, New York, September 17, 1998, lot 71; sold to Trade, September 17, 1998 [see note 1]. Trade, by 2007; sale, Christie’s, New York, September 21, 2007, lot 107 [see note 2]; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, September 21, 2007 (R-L inv. no. I0708 1); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2016

Note 1: Email from Christie’s to the Gallery, August 19, 2022 (copy in accession file)

Note 2: Email from Christie’s to the Gallery, August 19, 2022 (copy in accession file)

This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 18
  • Christie's New York, New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, including Property from the Collections of Ariane Dandois and Robert H. Ellsworth, sale cat. (September 21, 2007), no. 107
  • Christie's New York, New York, Towards Enlightenment: Indian and Southeast Asian Art, sale cat. (September 17, 1998), no. 71
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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