Stela ·  Nepal · ID: 3034089

Description

stone, grey patina, pigment remains, depiction of the goddess “durga” sitting on a lotus throne, a defeated demon at her feet, provided with six arms, each hand holding a different item: thunderbolt, ritual knife, axe, skull bowl and human head, old collection sticker “U. von Schroeder N377”, dam., missing parts, traces of abrasion, on base;
“durga” means “the inaccessible” or “the invincible”. She is depicted with multiple (variously, up to eighteen) arms, various weapons and rides a ferocious lion or tiger. Quite often she is depicted as battling or slaying demons, particularly “mahishasura”, the buffalo demon.

The object Stela with the object ID 3034089 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 23 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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