Uma-Maheshvara, 10th - 11th C CE

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Human: Sandstone Uma-Maheshvara, 10th - 11th C CE, now resides in the Minneapolis Institute of Art collection. The sculpture's description on artsmia.org states: 'The gods Shiva and Pārvatī manifest in South Asian sculpture through multiple iconographic forms and incarnations. In this form, Shiva appears as Maheshvara, or the Great God, and Pārvatī as Uma, the daughter of Himavan, King of Mountains. As Uma, the goddess performed numerous meritorious deeds to marry Shiva. Together, Uma and Maheshvara represent an ideal married couple with arms draped around each other. Their two sons, Ganesha and Skanda, stand beneath them on either side. Shiva's bull vehicle, Nandi, sits obediently at their feet. Shiva holds his trident in his upper right hand, and his other two hands likely held a lotus and pot. Pārvatī holds a moonlike mirror in her left hand, which illuminates the two divine beings in their celestial beauty.' More: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5369/uma-maheshvara-india