Standing Parvati

Standing Parvati

Standing Parvati

Period:Chola period
Date:ca. first quarter of the 10th century
Culture:Indian (Tamil Nadu)
Medium:Copper alloy
Dimensions:H. 27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm)
Classification:Metalwork
Credit Line:Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956

Parvati is the consort of Shiva and mother of the elephant-headed god Ganesha. This magnificent statue is one of the finest Chola representations of Parvati found outside India. The genius and obvious skill of the sculptor produced a timeless image of the goddess as well as a female figure of surpassing beauty and grace. Her lyrical, rhythmic carriage and the soft yet firm lines of her body suggest the ideal of the divine and eternal female.

Provenance

[Unknown dealer, Pondicherry, India, by 1935; sold to Kevorkian]; [ Carneg Kevorkian , Paris, from 1935; sold to Burnett by 1956]; Cora Timken Burnett , Alpine, NJ (by d. 1956; bequeathed to MMA)

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