{"product_id":"indian-company-school-ardhanarishvara-hindu-deity-shiva-parvati-original-mid-19th-century-gouache-painting-ke-065","title":"Indian Company School, Ardhanarishvara Hindu Deity Shiva \u0026 Parvati – Mid-19th-century gouache painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original mid-19th-century gouache painting – Indian Company School, Ardhanarishvara Hindu Deity Shiva \u0026amp; Parvati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully vivid and detailed Indian Company painting on mica of the Trichinopoly School, depicting the Hindu deity Shiva in the form of Ardhanarishvara, a male-female composite form representing the culmination of Shiva and his consort Parvati. The figure is equally split down the middle to represent the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies of the universe, and to illustrate how Shakti, the female principle of God, is inseparable from (or the same as) Shiva, the male principle of God, and vice versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one a group of three deity subjects on mica that we have for sale (see stock numbers KE-066 and KE-067).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndian Company paintings on mica are rare; it is estimated that as of now, there are only around 7,000 mica paintings available in the world. This painting being a boat subject is particularly rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mica is loose with no mount or backing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55549110518089,"sku":"KE-065","price":480.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KE-065.jpg?v=1791459755","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/it\/products\/indian-company-school-ardhanarishvara-hindu-deity-shiva-parvati-original-mid-19th-century-gouache-painting-ke-065","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}