Painting

Description

This piece depicts Minakshi, avatar of the Hindu deity Parvati the consort to Shiva. Meenakshi Sundereshwara is a major temple in Madura that is dedicated to the worship of both Shiva and Minakshi.

Accession Loan No.

128/1998/2

Collection Class

Archives and images

Common Name

painting

Simple Name

painting on mica

Full Name

Hindu deity: Minakshi

Dimensions

whole W 166 mm; whole height 118 mm

Production Year Low

late 19th century

Production Year High

early 20th century

Production Town

Thanjavur

Production County

Tamil Nadu

Production Country

India

Production Area Region

South Asia

Production Continent

Asia

Family Group



Material

mica; pigment (oil-based)

Function Name

souvenir

Function Detail

This painting on mica was made in Thanjavur, India in the late Nineteenth or early part of the Twentieth Century as a souvenir for visiting tourists. It is part of a collection depicting various landscape scenes and images of Hindu and Muslim religious celebrations.

Collection Area Region

S

Collection Continent

Asia

Inscription / Transcription

“....(?) of Madura”