STATUETTE DE DURGA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE
Inde du Sud, période Vijaynagar, vers XVe siècle

A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF DURGA
South India, Vijaynagar Period, ca. 15th century
Present in the hieratic pose clad in a long pleated dhoti secured with elaborate belts, she is adorned with necklaces, earrings, baju-bands, bracelets and a breast-band, her face with almond-shaped eyes and hair arranged in a conical headdress, Standing on a circular lotus base.
46.9cm (18 1/2in) high.
Footnotes:
南印度 毗奢耶那伽羅王朝 約十五世紀 銅杜爾加立像

Durga as the destroyer of demons is frequently invoked as a protector, yet in Tamil Nadu she is also perceived as the sister of Vishnu. She presents the attributes of the sankha and chakra in upper hands, her lower right palm displaying the gesture of charity (varada mudra).

Compare with a closely related Chola period figure of Durga; see Vidya Dehejia, The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India,, New York, 2002, no.19, and another Vijaynagar example, sold in Sotheby's, New York, 21 March 2012, lot 287.

Provenance:
Alfred E. Mirsky Collection, USA (1900-1974)
The Rockefeller University, bequest from the above in 1978
Christie's, New York, 30 March 2006, lot 85

來源：
美國Alfred E. Mirsky（1900-1974）珍藏
洛克菲勒大學，獲贈於上述來源
紐約佳士得，2006年3月30日，編號85
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