Durga and Mahishasura

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Chamba (made)

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Harkhu, Durga in a gold dress with crimson skirt edged with gold and orange veil, stands upon the buffalo demon, Mahishasura, as her tiger mauls the severed head of the demon.

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Categories	Paintings Hinduism Religion Myths & Legends Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Painting
Title	Durga and Mahishasura (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Opaque Watercolour Paint Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Durga slaying Mahishasura, opaque watercolour on paper, Chamba, ca. 1830
Physical description	Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in the style of Harkhu, Durga in a gold dress with crimson skirt edged with gold and orange veil, stands upon the buffalo demon, Mahishasura, as her tiger mauls the severed head of the demon.
Dimensions	With border height: 327mm Width: 258mm Height: 305mm With border width: 280mm Dark blue margin with oval pattern in red and gold.
Content description	Durga in a gold dress with crimson skirt edged with gold and orange veil, stands upon the buffalo demon, Mahishasura, as her tiger mauls the severed head of the demon.
Styles	Chamba Pahari
Credit line	Purchased with the assistance of Lady Rothenstein and Art Fund
Object history	Previously in the Rothenstein Collection. Dehejia, Vidya (ed.) Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art. Washington : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,1999. ISBN 8185822638/3791321293, p. 222, cat. 7.
Subjects depicted	Tiger Deity Demon Death Durga Mahishasura
Bibliographic reference	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. 90, cat. no. 54
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.150-1951

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Record created	July 27, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O45888/durga-and-mahishasura-painting-unknown/

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