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Shiva Seated on a Throne in a Landscape
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About this work
Shiva is depicted sitting on snakes coiled up together on a royal seat. The scene is set in a rocky mountainous setting with a row of trees in the background. In the paintings from Chamba, Shiva is usually depicted with a white complexion in three-quarter view. This formula has remained consistent for over a century with very few exceptions.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineShiva Seated on a Throne in a Landscape, c. 1755. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms. Gum tempera on paper; page: 30.2 x 21.9 cm (11 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.); image: 28.3 x 19.8 cm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.113
