INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, GUPTA PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY

细节

A Red Sandstone Stele of Durga
India, Uttar Pradesh, Gupta Period, 5th Century
Expressively carved with Durga fighting the Buffalo demon, grasping the buffalo with her principal hands and her remaining hands radiating around her
12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm.) high

来源

William H. Wolff, New York, acquired on 14 March 1972 ($2,500)

出版

P. Pal, The Ideal Image, 1978, cat. no. 25, p. 77.
L. Larson et. al., In Her Image, 1980, cat. no. 42, p. 75.

展览

New York, Asia House Gallery, The Ideal Image, 1978, cat. no. 25;
Santa Barbara, University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum; Bloomington, Indiana University Art Museum; Claremont, Montgomery Gallery; and Amarillo, Amarillo Art Center, In Her Image, 1980-81, cat. no. 42.

拍品专文

While later depictions of Durga as Mahishasuramardini, the destroyer of the demon Mahisha, show her beheading the buffalo demon (compare lot 43), this early image shows her grasping the animal with her bare hands as if caressing it.