STATUE D'UNE DÉESSE EN GRÈS ROUGERAJASTHAN, IXE/XE SIÈCLE70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.) highProvenance: A RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A GODDESSRAJASTHAN, 9TH/10TH CENTURY拉賈斯坦邦 九/十世紀 紅砂岩女神像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sThe goddess is carved with an aplished sense of rhythm and balance as she dances on her toes. Parvati holds a trident in her upper right hand and the remains of a coilednaga in her left hand. The lower right hand is held in the gesture of charity over her son, Ganesha, who is seated along her right foot.Stylisticparison can been seen in panels from Kankroli such as the mithuna panel from the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1994-148-22). Also see (Desai & Mason,Gods, Guardians, and Lovers, 1993, p. 156, no. 10) and a closely related figure of Bhairavi sold Sotheby's, New York, 23 March 2023, lot 177.