An Orissa copper alloy figure of Durgamahishasuramardini. North Eastern India. 14/16th century - image-1 An Orissa copper alloy figure of Durgamahishasuramardini. North Eastern India. 14/16th century - image-2

Lot 9 D α

An Orissa copper alloy figure of Durgamahishasuramardini. North Eastern India. 14/16th century

Auction 1259 - overview Cologne
10.12.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 3.024 € (incl. premium)
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An Orissa copper alloy figure of Durgamahishasuramardini. North Eastern India. 14/16th century

Standing on a lotus pedestal with a beaded rim, her left foot is placed on her mount, the lion; with her right foot she holds down the buffalo demon and stabs its humanoid form with a trident, whilst the demon also attacked by the lion; in her two secondary hands chakra and shankha. The severed buffalo head on the lotus pedestal in front of her.
Height 10.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium

Literature

Cf. a very similar work in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, illustrated in: Orissa, Kunst und Kultur in Nordost-Indien, Zurich 1980, p. 164, fig. 333 (here dated to the 14/16th century) and in the Horniman Museum, London (www.horniman.ac.uk/object/20.3.58/2)