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Asian Art
Public domain

Parvati, Consort of Shiva, as Devi

17th century

Bronze

H. 5 in. (20.25 cm) W. 1 5/8 in. (6.5 cm) D. 1 1/4 in. (5 cm) base. H. 1 3/4 in. (7 cm) W. + D. 2/16 in. (8.25 cm)
Collection of Mary C. and James W. Fosburgh, B.A. 1933, M.A. 1935
1979.14.105
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Nepalese
Period: 
17th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Bibliography: 

Denise Leidy, The Cosmic Dancer: Shiva Nataraja, exh. cat. (New York: Asia Society Museum, 1992), 1–16.

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