Shiva as Nataraja Enshrined with Deities, mid 19th century, 29 1/4 × 23 1/4 in. ( × cm) (sight)31 3/4 × 25 13/16 × 2 1/4 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame, including bracing bars on back of panel), Pigment, gold leaf and sukkan (limestone paste) on cloth stretched over wood, India, 19th century, This painting would have been an object of devotion in a personal shrine. It depicts Shiva as the Lord of the Dance in a circle of fire, flanked by his son, Ganesha, and wife Meenakshi. Fanned by two celestial deities overhead, they appear underneath the gilt roof

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