Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon, anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1500

volcanic stone, h 71.5cm × w 38cm × d 34.5cm More details

According to Hindu mythology, the kingdom of heaven was once threatened by a mighty buffalo demon. None of the gods could defeat him. So they created the goddess Durga and endowed her with all their individual powers. This made Durga the only one capable of stopping the demon. In her eight arms she bears the weapons and symbols of the deities whose combined power she represents.

Identification

Title(s)

Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon

Object type

Object number

AK-RAK-1997-1

Description

Stenen beeld van de hindoeistische godin Durga-die-de-Buffel-doodt (Durga Mahishasuramardini).

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

Oost-Java

Dating

c. 1300 - c. 1500

Material and Technique

Physical features

volcanic stone

Material

extrusive rock

Measurements

height 71.5 cm × width 38 cm × depth 34.5 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1997

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection C.A. Schuurmans-de Vries (?-1982);{Note RMA.} her son J.J. de Vries; from whom purchased, with support from the Rijksmuseum Fonds, through mediation of the dealer Jaap Polak, Amsterdam, to the museum, 1997

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Aziatische kunst, cat.nr. 26
Asian art, cat.nr. 26
Over invloed, overname en samensmelting: een godin uit het Indisch subcontinent en haar Indonesische equivalent, Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer
Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Ganesha van Singosari op bezoek', Aziatische Kunst 28/2 (1998), pp. 2-17.

Persistent URL

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