

Shiva and Parvati with their Sons Karttikeya and Ganesha and the Calf Bull
The sculpture depicts four main figures. A man and woman stand side-by-side as the central focus. The man is on the left; he is bare-chested with a crown on his head. He has long hair in thick wavy locks. The man wears a short cloth around his waist with a wide decorative belt and holds a staff in his right hand. A long object hangs from his left hand. A bull with its head lowered stands beside the man; the bull has a rope wrapped around its body that extends to the base of the sculpture. The woman on the right wears a long tunic and a crown on her head, and she has long hair partly covering her shoulders. A long object extends upward from her right hand. Her left hand is raised and open. On either side of the central figures are two smaller male figures. The male to the left of the woman holds a large object in both hands. The sculpture's base consists of stacked horizontal slabs. The background behind the figures fades from dark to light gray.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 9th century
- Medium
- Stone
- Culture
- India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
- Dimensions
- 500 × 625 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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