Sadashiva worshipped by Parvati
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According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim to Debra Diamond in June 2016."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "[3] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "[4] See note 3."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection \u00e2\u0080\u0094 funds provided by the Friends of the Freer and Sackler Galleries"}], "name": [{"label": "Artist", "content": "Attributed to Devidasa (Indian, active 1690-1695)"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Parvati"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Shiva"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "India"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "South Asian and Himalayan Art"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection"}], "place": [{"label": "Origin", "content": "Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Opaque watercolor, gold, and applied beetle wing on paper"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "H x W (Image): 19.1 \u00c3\u0097 18.4 cm (7 1/2 \u00c3\u0097 7 1/4 in)"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. 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