Lot Essay
The iconography for this story varies considerably and is here depicted in the guise of a hunting scene.
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INDIA, BUNDI, CIRCA 1750
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The Goddess Durga Slaying Mahimsa, the Buffalo Demon
India, Bundi, Circa 1750
The goddess leaping from her lion vehicle onto the back of the falling buffalo, the demon's form emerging from the buffalo's body as Durga spears him in the chest with her lance; red border
Image: 6 x 9 1/8 in. (15.2 x 23.2 cm.)
India, Bundi, Circa 1750
The goddess leaping from her lion vehicle onto the back of the falling buffalo, the demon's form emerging from the buffalo's body as Durga spears him in the chest with her lance; red border
Image: 6 x 9 1/8 in. (15.2 x 23.2 cm.)