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The Great Goddess Attacks an Army of Demons, folio 32 from a 'Markandeya Purana' Series
The Great Goddess Attacks an Army of Demons, folio 32 from a 'Markandeya Purana' Series

PUNJAB HILLS, GULER COURT, CIRCA 1760

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The Great Goddess Attacks an Army of Demons, folio 32 from a 'Markandeya Purana' Series
Punjab Hills, Guler Court, circa 1760
The great goddess in two incarnations, as the benign Ambika mounted on a lion and the horrific Kali, fighting the demon kings
7.7/8 x 11 in. (20 x 27.8 cm.)

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Other paintings from this series are illustrated by E. Smart and D. Walker, Pride of the Princes: Indian Art of the Mughal Era in the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1986, cat. no. 53; and L. Leach, Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986, cat. no. 116.