INDIA, KOLKATA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON
INDIA, KOLKATA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
15 ½ x 12 in. (39.4 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance

The Scholar's Vision: The Pal Family Collection; Christie’s New York, 20 March 2008, lot 322.

Exhibited

Pasadena, California, Norton Simon Museum of Art, "Durga: Avenging Goddess, Nurturing Mother," 7 October 2005 - 27 March 2006.

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The deity is depicted as a beautiful woman with ten arms wielding various weapons as she stands upon her tiger.

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