Durga
Artist:
JAVA
Date: 9th cent.
Medium: Basalt
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Museum Collection
Object number: 2003.4.307 LA
DescriptionThe goddess Durga is about to dispatch the Asura (demon) Mahisa who emerges from a water buffalo, a form he had assumed. The eight-armed goddess wears an elaborate tiara girdles and jewels. In her upraised right arm she holds the discus. An oval nimbus appears behind her head.
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In Collection(s)
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