INDIA - 18th/19th centuries - Lot 160

INDIA - 18th/19th centuries Large basalt group depicting the marriage of Shiva and Parvati. The divine couple stand under a tree, adorned and crowned. Vishnu, holding the conch shell (shanka) and disk (chakra) in his hind hands, seals their union by pouring the water of the kamandalu over their hands. Shiva holds an axe (parashu) and a gazelle in his back hands. Height: 148 cm - Width: 77 cm - Depth: 28 cm Provenance: former collection of Monsieur W. in Paris, acquired by him around 1991. Attestation by Françoise Leroy-Laveissière and Ivan Zecevic acknowledging a late Dravidian 16th-18th century style, and a photo with the stamp of G. et Th. Portier, 52 rue Taitbout, on the back.