SHIVA’S FAMILY (# 2520/4)

OPAQUE WATERCOLOR/ GILT ON PAPER

JODHPUR SCHOOL

CIRCA MID 19^TH CENTURY

23 cm x 30. 5 cm / 9.0” X 12.0”

EXHIBITED:

Lycoming College Gallery; Williamsport, Pennsylvania; 1981

DESCRIPTION: Shiva is depicted seated on a tiger skin, and Parvati is seated on the right on what appears to be a bed of lotus petals, their heads surrounded by gold rayed nimbuses. Shiva’s vehicle, Nadi bull and Parvati’s tiger recumbent in the foreground. Seen in the background ; a large Banyan tree, a town, resting in the setting sun.