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DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON (MAHISHASURA MARDINI)
MEWAR, NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the multi armed goddess depicted standing on her vehicle, holding all the implements, pouncing on the decapitated buffalo demon, followed by Bhairav and Kala, a Shivaite shrine atop a rocky outcrop in the background, in thin black margins, within white rules, with wide red borders
8 5/8 x 7 7/8in. (21.5 x 19.8 cm.)
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