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Indian and Himalayan Art

The Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Made in Bhuvaneshwar, Orissa, India, Asia

c. Late 8th century

Artist/maker unknown, India

Sandstone
27 1/4 x 16 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (69.2 x 42.9 x 24.1 cm)

* Gallery 231, Asian Art, second floor

1956-75-7

Purchased with funds contributed by Miss Anna Warren Ingersoll, Nelson Rockefeller, R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Mrs. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, Dr. I. S. Ravdin, Mrs. Stella Elkins Tyler, Louis E. Stern, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Levy, Mrs. Flagler Harris, and with funds from the bequest of Sophia Cadwalader, funds from the proceeds of the sale of deaccessioned works of art, the George W.B. Taylor Fund, the John T. Morris Fund, the John H. McFadden, Jr., Fund, the Popular Subscription Fund, and the Lisa Norris Elkins Fund from the Stella Kramrisch Collection, 1956

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