A BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA

Description:

North-India, ca. 19th c.
H. 22,5 cm
Trampling on the demonic bull figure reclining on a high tiered pedestal, her eight arms radiating around her body, the hands holding the specific attributes, wearing skirt, bejewelled, her face rubbed due to extensive worship and a separate cast mandorla behind.
Former old German private collection, assembled prior to 2007
Traces of age