A BRONZE FIGURE OF MAHISHAMARDINI DURGA

Description:

Nepal, late 17th c.
H. 10 cm
Standing in alidhasana on a lotus base, her multiple arms radiating around her body, one with trident killing the buffalo demon, the others with the specific attributes, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face displaying a severe expression, her hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara and a flaming halo behind her head.
From an old German private collection, collected before 2007 - Wear, partly chipped