Uma

anonymous, 1400 - 1500

The blue water lily in the figure's right hand shows that this is the goddess Uma (also known as Parvati), wife of the Hindu god Shiva. She is standing in an elegant pose, with her body slightly angled at the hip and neck. In a temple she would have stood to the left of Shiva, her customary position.

Artwork typefigure, sculpture
Object numberAK-MAK-188
Dimensionsheight 74 cm x width 23 cm x depth 23 cm

Identification

Title(s)
Uma
Object type
Object number
AK-MAK-188
Description
Beeld van Devi in de gedaante van Uma (Parvati).

Creation

Creation
anonymous, Tamil Nadu
Dating
1400 - 1500
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Material and technique

Dimensions
height 74 cm x width 23 cm x depth 23 cm

This work is about

Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of C.T. Loo, Parijs, 1938)
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; donated by C.T. Loo, Paris, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1938;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

- Sculptures Indiennes de la collection C.T. Loo. Exposition Kunstzaal van Lier, Rokin 126, Amsterdam, du 3 Sept. au 1 Oct. 1938, nr. 5.
- P.C.M. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'The Human form in Asian sculpture in the exhibition Rijksmuseum aan Zee: Heavenly sculptures from east and west', Sculptuur Studies 2008 (2009), p. 104-109.
- Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten (1940) juli, p. 192.
- Karel R. van Kooij, 'Sterrenbeelden : Antropomorfe voorstellingen van de naksatras in India en Centraal-Azië', Anna Slaczka, 'Devi aan Zee', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 4, p. 143-149.
- Anna Slaczka, 'Devi aan zee', Aziatische Kunst 38/4 (2008), pp. 143-149.
- P.C.M. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'De menselijke gestalte in de Aziatische beeldhouwkunst op de tentoonstelling Rijksmuseum aan Zee: Hemelse beelden uit Oost en West', Sculptuur Studies 2008 (2009), p. 12-17.

Persistent URL

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200105975

Uma