Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art
Property From a Private Malibu Collection
Auction Closed
September 20, 05:33 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from a Private Malibu Collection
Chamunda Standing on a Prostrate Shiva
India, Pahari, possibly Mandi, circa 1840
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
Image: 8¼ by 5⅞ in. (21 by 15 cm)
Folio: 9½ by 7¼ in. (24.2 by 18.4 cm)
The fearsome form of the Goddess Devi, victorious after her battle with the asuras, stands on the body of a white shava (corpse-like) Shiva. She bears her attributes in her four arms: a sword, skull, lotus and a pair of scissors, wearing a tiger skin skirt and ornaments. A crown of coiled serpents adorns her head. She stands in a charnel ground strewn with human bones. A yellow and green background with a red streaked cloudy blue sky provides a striking contrast to Devi's indigo-hued form.
See Sotheby's New York, 21st March 2019, lot 977 for another wrathful manifestation of Devi as Mahakalika. Another illustration of Devi in the form of Kali seated on Shiva, also from the Punjab Hills, is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession no. 1994-148-505.