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A FRAGMENT OF A BLACK STONE STELE DEPICTING UMA-MAHESHVARA, PALA PERIOD, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
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06月27日 下午5点 开拍
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A FRAGMENT OF A BLACK STONE STELE DEPICTING UMA-MAHESHVARA, PALA PERIOD, 10TH-12TH CENTURY

Eastern India, West Bengal. The divine couple in an embrace, Maheshvara (Shiva) dotes on his divine lover, Uma (Parvati), lifting her gaze towards his with two fingers, stroking her chin, the primary left hand cupping her breast, his upper right hand holding a trident, the prabhamandala above with kirtimukha spewing floral curlicues from its gaping mouth at the crest flanked by garland-bearing apsaras.

Provenance: From the private collection of Fran?oise Leroy-Laveissère, acquired in the 1960s-1980s during her tenure as an Asian Art expert at H?tel Drouot, Paris.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, obvious losses, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, scattered nicks and scratches, small chips to exposed areas.

Weight: 4,020 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 27.5 cm (excl. stand), 36.5 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on an associated modern stand. (2)

Uma-Maheshvara represents the sacred embrace, alingana, of the Lord Shiva joined with the Goddess Uma. The Great Ascetic, Lord Shiva, who was overcome with the beauty of Uma, Daughter of the Mountain, succumbed to their union for the benefit of his devotees (S. Kramrisch, Manifestations of Shiva, Philadelphia, 1981, p. 57). Their union is principally metaphysical, though during the Pala period, Shiva and Uma's relationship can be most immediately observed through their corporeal interplay. It is through their sensual relationship that they are meant to become a gateway for the devotee to enter their sacred realm.

Here, the divine couple is featured in the moment before their union, the anticipation of which accentuates the possibility of entering the divine realm.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related basalt stele of Uma-Maheshvara, 12th century, 63 cm high, in the Chittagong University Museum, Bangladesh, accession number CUM 771.

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