About the Artwork
Parvati
13th century
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Indian
Indian
Copper alloy
Overall: 40 3/4 × 15 3/4 × 14 1/4 inches (103.5 × 40 × 36.2 cm)
Sculpture
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, Sarah Bacon Hill Fund
41.81
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
by 1925, Professor Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil (Pondichéry, France)
(C. T. Loo [1880-1957], New York, New York, USA)
1941-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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East Indian Sculpture from Various American Collections. Exh. cat., Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo, January 7-28, 1940, no. 21.
Lee, Sherman E. "East Indian Bronzes," Bulletin of the DIA 21, no. 4 (January 1942): pp. 27-31, (ill.).
Bronzes of India and Greater India. Exh. cat., Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art. Providence, November 2 - 30, 1955, p. 20, no. 56.
Master Bronzes of India. The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1965, no. 56.
Master Bronzes of India. Asia House Gallery. New York, October 12 - December 11, 1966, no. 56.
The Detroit Institute of Arts Illustrated Handbook. DIA. Detroit, 1971, p. 60, (ill.).
University Liggett Antiques Show. University Liggett School. Grosse Pointe Woods, June 13-16, 1979, pp. 71, 73.
Selected Works from The Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA. Detroit, 1979, p. 33, no.16, (ill.).
Pal, Pratapaditya. "The Moon-Crested God and Related Images," Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 2/3 (1981): pp. 77- 84, p. 79 (ill.).
Kramrisch, Stella. Manifestations of Shiva. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, 1981, p. 141, no. 115, (ill.).
100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA. Detroit, 1985, pp. 46-47, (ill.).
The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Visitor's Guide. DIA. Detroit, 1995, p. 148, (ill.).
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Indian, Parvati, 13th century, copper alloy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Sarah Bacon Hill Fund, 41.81.
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