Dessin sur papier provenant des montagnes du Punjab, Ecole Pahari, style Kangra, environs 1775-1800. Shiva et Parvati avec leur famille sous un arbre au Mont Kailash. L'image dissolue et androgyne de Shiva, en mendiant nu au longues tresses nattées, réhaussées d'un croissant de lune, figure au centre de la composition. Parvati lui donne une boisson, probablement une sorte de "bhang" (un hallucinogène fait avec du cannabis). L'un de leurs enfants, Karttikeya, nourrit son véhicule, le paon, perché sur un arbre, tandis que l'autre (enfant) Ganesha, à tête d'éléphant, est confortablement assis devant un festin de friandises. Près de lui, le lion de Parvati, souriant, et Nandi, le noble taureau de Shiva, se reposent; dimensions : hauteur : 29.6 cm, largeur : 19.7 cm Commentaires du Conservateur (Dallapiccola 2004) : Sur ce dessin, l'artiste a capté l'aspect humain de la "Sainte famille". La scène révèle l'intimité entre les personnages se reposant sous un arbre dans un paysage idyllique de collines arrondies www.britishmuseum.org Purchased from Dr Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy © Trustees of the British Museum Terms of use

Drawing on paper, from Punjab Hills, Pahari School, Kangra Style, 1775-1800 (circa). Siva and Parvati with their family under a tree on Mount Kailasa. The dissolute and androgynous figure of Siva is shown centrally as a naked ascetic with long, matted hair, enhanced by the crescent moon. He is given some drink, most likely a form of 'bhang' (an hallucinogenic drink made from cannabis), by Parvati. One of their sons, Karttikeya, feeds his peacock conveyance perched on the tree while the other, the elephant-headed Ganesha, is confortably seated before a spread of sweetmeats. Near him, Parvati's smiling lion and Siva's dignified bull Nandi can be seen relaxing. Dimensions : height: 29.6 cm, width: 19.7 cm Curator's comments (Dallapiccola 2004) : In this drawing the artist has captured the human side of the "Holy Family". The depiction reveals an intimate familiarity with the characters who rest beneath a tree in an idyllic landscape of rolling hills www.britishmuseum.org Purchased from Dr Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy © Trustees of the British Museum Terms of use