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GULER, CIRCA 1780
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 9.5 x 6.75 in (24.5 x 17.5 cm)
Folio: 10.75 x 8 in (27.8 x 20.4 cm)

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Shiva performing the Tandava - the dance of destruction and creation, is one of the most powerful iconographies in the classical arts. The present lot portrays Shiva clad in a tiger skin, his hair pulled to one side, suggesting the power of the cosmic dance. He is surrounded by his family on musical instruments, without which the dance would be incomplete. Parvati and Ganesha play stringed instruments on either side of him. In the foreground are Suka with a tambourine, Daksa with a hand drum, Bhringi with a flute and Kartikeya with the one-stringed ektara. The multi-peaked, white mountains in the background were used by Pahari painters to depict Mount Kailasa, which is the abode of Shiva. With its depiction of music, dance, mythology, and nature, this painting is at once, dynamic and soothing.

GULER, CIRCA 1780
Gouache on paper heightened with gold
Image: 9.5 x 6.75 in (24.5 x 17.5 cm)
Folio: 10.75 x 8 in (27.8 x 20.4 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PROVENANCE
Property from a Distinguished Family Collection

Shiva performing the Tandava - the dance of destruction and creation, is one of the most powerful iconographies in the classical arts. The present lot portrays Shiva clad in a tiger skin, his hair pulled to one side, suggesting the power of the cosmic dance. He is surrounded by his family on musical instruments, without which the dance would be incomplete. Parvati and Ganesha play stringed instruments on either side of him. In the foreground are Suka with a tambourine, Daksa with a hand drum, Bhringi with a flute and Kartikeya with the one-stringed ektara. The multi-peaked, white mountains in the background were used by Pahari painters to depict Mount Kailasa, which is the abode of Shiva. With its depiction of music, dance, mythology, and nature, this painting is at once, dynamic and soothing.