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INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, 10TH CENTURY
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A buff sandstone relief of Durga
India, Uttar Pradesh, 10th century
The eight-armed goddess seated in lalitasana beneath an archway issuing from the mouths of makaras, holding a skull cup, trident, shield, bow, and mace, an infinite knot in the crook of her arm, her powerful form clad in an ankle-length dhoti with rippling folds secured by a beaded girdle, adorned with garland and pendent necklace, with calm expression and the hair in a high jatamukuta backed by a foliate halo, set within a niche flanked by pillars and rearing leogryphs
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
India, Uttar Pradesh, 10th century
The eight-armed goddess seated in lalitasana beneath an archway issuing from the mouths of makaras, holding a skull cup, trident, shield, bow, and mace, an infinite knot in the crook of her arm, her powerful form clad in an ankle-length dhoti with rippling folds secured by a beaded girdle, adorned with garland and pendent necklace, with calm expression and the hair in a high jatamukuta backed by a foliate halo, set within a niche flanked by pillars and rearing leogryphs
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, late 1970s or earlier
Exhibited
Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY, May 1994
International Fine Arts and Antique Dealers Fair, New York, October 1994
International Fine Arts and Antique Dealers Fair, New York, October 1994