ATTRIBUTED TO ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871-1951)

ATTRIBUTED TO ABANINDRANATH TAGORE (1871-1951)
SHIVA AND PARVATI
C.1900-30

An Indian painting, watercolour and pencil on card; the two Gods depicted seated under a white moon crescent, the divine couple enlaced, Parvati holding a lotus flower; mounted on board, with a paper label to the back reading: '10. Siva and Parvati (Lent by Mr N. Blount.) Siva seated with Parvati on Mount Koilash foretelling her the events of the coming year. Hindu Almanac'; 27.8cm x 19cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Norman Blount, 1875-1930. Blount was a jute broker, as well as the joint secretary (together with Abanindranath Tagore) of the Indian Society of Oriental Art, which was founded in 1907 in Calcutta, with Lord Kitchener the Society’s President.

阿巴寧哲納·泰戈爾（款，1871-1951）
濕婆與雪山神女
1900-30年代
來源：諾曼·布朗特（1875-1930）收藏。諾曼布朗特曾是一個黃麻經銷商，與藝術家泰戈爾一起擔任了印度東方藝術協會的聯合秘書（1907年於加爾各答成立），而霍雷肖•赫伯特•基奇納元帥(1850-1916)為協會主席。