A LOT WITH TWO COPPER ALLOY VOTIVE PLAQUES DEPICTING VIRABHADRA AND SHIVA WITH PARVATI, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A LOT WITH TWO COPPER ALLOY VOTIVE PLAQUES DEPICTING VIRABHADRA AND SHIVA WITH PARVATI, 18TH-19TH CENTURY India. The first depicts Virabhadra, the four-armed deity, standing within an arched niche centered by a kirtimukha mask, richly adorned with jewelry and holding a sword, shield, bow, and arrow in his four hands; the second, of pentagonal form, depicts Shiva and Parvati on horseback. Dimensions: Height 17-19 cm (plaque excl. stand), 19.5-23.6 cm (plaque incl. stand) Each with a modern stand. (4) Virabhadra, an incarnation of Shiva, created after Shiva’s wife Sati, was not invited to a great sacrifice given by her father Daksha. Being greatly humiliated, Sati went to the banquet and threw herself on the sacrificial fire. When Shiva heard of his wife’s death, he tore a hair from his head and threw it to the ground. Virabhadra, a great hero-warrior, arose from this hair. He cut off Daksha’s head in his rage and hurled it into the sacrificial fire. After the other gods calmed Shiva down, Daksha’s head was replaced by that of a ram and he later became a devotee of Shiva. Museum comparison: Compare a related copper votive plaque, India, in the World Museum Vienna, inventory number 155583.

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