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Title
Untitled, Crowned Shiva with Uma and Nandi
Creator
Unknown, India
Date Created and/or Issued
begin to mid 19 century A.D
Publication Information
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Collection
Art Collection Highlights - Indian Miniature Paintings
Rights Information
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Description
A dressed and crowned Shiva and Uma sit facing each other on a black inlayed platform in a garden divided into squares of flowers. Shiva's bull crouches int he foreground. In the hilly background a small figure sits meditating while another stands and worships the rising sun.
Type
image
Format
Painting ink, gouache, and gold on paper India, Punjab Hills, Kangra/Guler h 10 -5/8 x w 7 -5/12
Form/Genre
Painting
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1779n4vv
1998.42.137
Place
India, Punjab Hills, Kangra/Guler

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