AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A MARKANDEYA PURANA SERIES: DURGA CONFRONTS THE BULL DEMON, MAHISHASURA
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A MARKANDEYA PURANA SERIES: DURGA CONFRONTS THE BULL DEMON, MAHISHASURA
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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A MARKANDEYA PURANA SERIES: DURGA CONFRONTS THE BULL DEMON, MAHISHASURA

JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1830

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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A MARKANDEYA PURANA SERIES: DURGA CONFRONTS THE BULL DEMON, MAHISHASURA
JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1830
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting a serene Durga seated on a tiger accompanied by attendants confronting the demon Mahishasura in the form of a charging bull, in a landscape, within black and white rules, with narrow yellow and red margins and dark blue borders, with black numerals '35' and an inscription in red Devanagari script in the border above identifying the scene, the reverse with numerals '34' to top and '23' to upper left
Painting 6 7/8 x 10 ½in. (17.4 x 26.8cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 14in. (25.7 x 35.5cm.)

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For other illustrations from the same series which have sold at auction, see Bonhams, New York, 14 September 2015, lot 117; Christie's, South Kensington, 1 October 2012, lot 253; and Sotheby's, New York, 17 June 1993, lot 403.

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