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Durga

Painting
ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Durga on her lion encountering a green demon in a chariot drawn by two white horses; by the artist Punch.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDurga (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Brief description
Painting, Durga on lion confronting demon, by the artist Punch, opaque watercolour on paper, Kashmir, ca. 1750
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, Durga on her lion encountering a green demon in a chariot drawn by two white horses; by the artist Punch.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 190mm
  • Page width: 240mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 178mm
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 230mm
17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013.
Content description
Durga on her lion encountering a green demon in a chariot drawn by two white horses.
Style
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history
Previously in the Rothenstein Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
IS.176-1951

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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