Moonlight View of Tsukuda with Lady on a Balcony, from the series Fashionable Genji

Ando Hiroshige

Edo period (1615-1868), 1853

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Squat form with small mouth; grey body with white inlay of cranes and stylized clouds
Large, highly detailed sculpture of four-armed Siva with skull-adorned diadem, holding a double-sided (damaru) drum in upper proper left hand, lower proper left arm embracing the Goddess seated upon his lap. His zebu bull is by his pendent proper right leg. Parvati (as Gauri) with a iguana vahana as well as Ganesha riding his rat (lower left) and Kartikeya riding his peacock (lower right). Face-of-glory (kirtimukha) at mandorla's peack with waved cloud/foliate motifs.
Water Buffalo, China, jade
Cup with row of bosses and incised scrolling floral decoration.