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Durga and Mahishasura

Painting
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Nurpur (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Har Jaimal, depicting Durga mounted on her lion, killing the demon Mahishasura.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Hinduism
Religion
Myths & Legends
Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type
Painting
TitleDurga and Mahishasura (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in opaque watercolour on paper
Opaque Watercolour
Paint
Paper
Painted
Brief description
Painting, Durga killing Mahishasura, style of Har Jaimal, opaque watercolour on paper, Nurpur, ca. 1760
Physical description
Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Har Jaimal, depicting Durga mounted on her lion, killing the demon Mahishasura.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 192mm (maximum)
  • Page width: 276mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders height: 144mm (maximum)
  • Image within innermost painted borders width: 225mm (maximum)
26/06/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object and borders irregular in shape.
Content description
Durga killing Mahishasura.
Style
Pahari
Subjects depicted
Deity
Demon
Lion
Mahishasura
Durga
Bibliographic references
  • Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p.400, cat. no. 35
  • In the image of man : the Indian perception of the universe through 2000 years of painting and sculpture : [exhibition / organized by Catherine Lampert assisted by Rosalie Cass]. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson :in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1982 Number: 0297780719, 0297781243 (pbk.) p. 22, cat. no. 456
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.460-1950

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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