Kali, Durga, Chanda and Munda
Painting
ca.1800 - ca. 1820 (made)
ca.1800 - ca. 1820 (made)
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Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Kali attacks in the battle scene from one of the ancient Puranas, the Markandeya (Devimahatmya), the story of the goddess Durga's battle and defeat of the buffalo-demon Mahisa. A long war takes place between the gods led by Indra and the antigods, riding a lion Durga goes to defeat the armies of the antigods. Kali attacks the demons Chanda and Munda, and presents their heads to Chandi (Durga). Album painting, representing the terrible Goddess Kali triumphant on the battlefield, Rajasthan, Kangra style, 18th century.
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Title | Kali, Durga, Chanda and Munda (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
Brief description | Painting, Kali slaying the demons Chanda and Munda, Markandeya Purana, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Guler, ca. 1800-1820 |
Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Kali attacks in the battle scene from one of the ancient Puranas, the Markandeya (Devimahatmya), the story of the goddess Durga's battle and defeat of the buffalo-demon Mahisa. A long war takes place between the gods led by Indra and the antigods, riding a lion Durga goes to defeat the armies of the antigods. Kali attacks the demons Chanda and Munda, and presents their heads to Chandi (Durga). Album painting, representing the terrible Goddess Kali triumphant on the battlefield, Rajasthan, Kangra style, 18th century. |
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Content description | Kali attacks the demons Chanda and Munda, and presents their heads to Chandi (Durga). |
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Gallery label | KALI ATTACKS
Illustration of a scene from the Devi Mahatmya
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
Guler, Punjab Hills
c.1800-1820
IS 54-1962
The ferocious goddess Kali is killing the demon generals Chanda and Munda. To the left she is seen presenting their heads to the goddess Durga, whose lion is also shown springing on the demon horde. Both Kali and Durga are forms of the great goddess Devi, and Kali was given the name Chamundi in honour of this victory.
The Devi Mahatmya is a text concerned with the worship of the goddess or Devi, whose cult was widespread in the Punjab Hills.(2000) |
Object history | Rawson, Philip S., Hayward Gallery and Arts Council of Great Britain. Tantra. Hayward Gallery, London 30 September-7 November 1971. London, Arts Council of Great Britain, [1971]. p. 46, no. 197. ehejia, Vidya (ed.) Devi: The Great Goddess: Female Divinity in South Asian Art. Washington : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution,1999. ISBN 8185822638/3791321293, p. 238-9, cat. 15 |
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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.164, cat. no. 61ii. |
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Accession number | IS.54-1962 |
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Record created | October 28, 2002 |
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