A BRONZE INDIAN FIGURE OF PRAYING PARVATI

Ca. 13th century AD; South India, Chola period. Crisply cast and finely finished, standing in elegantly swaying tribhanga on a round base over a square plinth in praying position; , wearing a long striated dhoti secured with a pendant belt around the waist, her curvaceous forms adorned with the sacred thread, multiple necklaces and armlets, her face with a graceful expression surmounted by a tiered conical headdress, with a rich green patina overall.Good Condition; Size:235mmx70mm;1036g; Provenance: Property of a London gallery, previously in old British collection formed in the 1980s.