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A FINELY CAST AND PUBLISHED COPPER FIGURE OF DURGA, NEPAL, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
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A FINELY CAST AND PUBLISHED COPPER FIGURE OF DURGA, NEPAL, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

Published & Exhibited: Galerie Zacke, Buddhistische u.a. Skulpturen. Bronzen und Friesfragmente ab dem 2. Jh., 10 February - 15 March 1988, catalogue number 52.

Well cast, the goddess with one leg resting on her fierce tiger mount on a lobed lotus pedestal, her eighteen arms radiating around her holding weapons and attributes, including Vishnu's conch and Shiva's trident which she uses to extract the demon Mahisha from within the decapitated buffalo pressed down upon with her other foot. Her face is well-worn but still preserves her fine features below the paneled tiara.

Provenance: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 1988. A private collection in Vienna, Austria, acquired from the above, and thence by descent. A copy of a stamped and signed expertise from Galerie Zacke, confirming the dating above, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition with extensive wear, predominantly from centuries of worship within the culture. Casting flaws, small dents, minor nicks, losses. The bronze with a naturally grown, smooth, lustrous patina.

Weight: 112.7 g
Dimensions: Height 7.7 cm

Durga is a manifestation of Shakti, the fundamental cosmic energy and a central deity within Hindu Shaktism and the consort of Shiva. In killing the buffalo asura known as Mahisha (lit. ‘the mighty one’ and ‘buffalo’), Durga liberated the universe from darkness. The present lot exhibits all the traits of a personal sculpture that was handled and rubbed constantly over the last five hundred years, leaving the goddess with a fine glossy brown patina.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related copper alloy figure of Durga slaying Mahisha, 26 cm high, dated to the 14th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2012.444.1.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams New York, 18 March 2013, lot 142
Price: USD 37,500 or approx. EUR 46,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A copper figure of Durga, Nepal, 14th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, and manner of casting, as well as the similar patina. Note the size (11.2 cm) and the slightly earlier dating.

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