Antique Sculpture Gauri ‘The Golden zone’ & consort of Parvati on an elaborate raised base old navajo rings

Antique Sculpture Gauri ‘The Golden zone’ & consort of Parvati on an elaborate raised base old navajo ringsThis is Gauri (The Golden One), a form of Parvati and Sivas consort. Normally when Parvati is shown her own, she is shown with four arms. Here she has only two hands and is holding Akshamala and Linga in her hands. A human like appearance. The mythology is Gauri had dark skin and worshipped Shiva to get fair skin. This bronze captures that moment. She is sitting in Ardha Padmasana on a circular base, which in turn is supported by a multi level base.

A beautiful sterling Silver vintage Navajo ring with coral

This old metal figure is from the Deccan (North India) region

long lasting rugs and carpets - one that leads to a heightened experience

Size: 51/2” l x 4” w x 41/2” d

is a Hindu deity worshiped as a manifestation of Shiva mainly in the Deccan plateau of India

Being a lifelong carpet and rug collector

French anthropologist Marcel Griaule witnessed a dama ritual in which twenty-nine out of a total of seventy-four masks were of the kanaga type

the Handle) of the rug is like a pair of old blue jeans

condition or signs of use were used to ‘enhance’ it’s authenticity

Age: pre 1900

In short - I cut no corners

the curved spire is called the Shikhara and the Kalasha/Amalake is the very top of the Shikhara