STÈLE D'UMA MAHESHVARA EN GRÈS BEIGEINDE DU NORD, VIIIE/IXE SIÈCLE49 cm (19 1/4 in.) highProvenance: A BUFF SANDSTONE STELE OF UMA MAHESHVARANORTH INDIA, 8TH/9TH CENTURY印度北部 八/九世紀 砂岩濕婆與烏瑪石碑Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970sThe adoring couple holdingdarshan, are both replete with diaphanous lower garments and crisply detailed jewelry. In Shiva's four arms, he holds a snake, a trident, and places a hand under Uma's breast while offering boons. They are seated inrajalilasana atop an adoring Nandi and rampant lion, both of which flank a central dancing figure.Stylisticparisons can be drawn with a stele attributed to the mid-10th century in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (). See Pal,Indian Sculpture, Vol II, 1988, p. 99, fig. 34. See also a 9th century Uma Maheshvara stele in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (IS.113-1986).