1730 (ca.), [Udaipur], The goddess on Jewel Island, eighth verse of the Saudaryalahari (Flood of Beauty) -- National Museum of Asian Art (Washington) (special exhibition)

From the museum label: The Flood of Beauty, a Hindu devotional poem, describes the infinitely powerful Great Goddess as an “island city of the sun.” Her palace floats in a sea of nectar at the apex of the universe. Here, the jagged-edged lake setting and the palace’s arches, dome, and lotus finials evoke Udaipur, blurring the distinction between cosmic and local. Conveying the poem’s mood of sensuous bliss, the Goddess gazes intently into the eyes of her beloved husband, Shiva. Her touch glances his arm as his foot caresses her knee.

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