Lot 19
  • 19

A Group of Eleven illustrations from a Devi Series: Devi's Battle with Mahisha

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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • A Group of Eleven illustrations from a Devi Series: Devi's Battle with Mahisha
  • Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
  • image 9 5/8 by 12 7/8 in. (24.4 by 32.8 cm.) and slightly smaller
  • folio 113/8 by 14 1/2 in. (29 by 36.8 cm.) and slightly smaller, unframed [11], 1 illustrated
The group of illustrations depicts various stages of Devi's struggle against the the buffalo demon Mahisha culminating in her final victory over him.

Catalogue Note

Compare with another illustration from a Devi Mahatmya series from Mandi, see Joachim Bauutze, Lotosmond und Löwenritt : Indische Miniaturmalerei, 1991, cat. 19, p. 70. Also compare with a similar series sold at Sotheby's New York, September 20, 2005, lot 124.