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Kali and Devi attack, from a Devi Mahatmya

c. 1840

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Image: 20 x 24.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.); Overall: 24.4 x 29 cm (9 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Eisenman 1934.220
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Not on view
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A horizontally oriented gum tempera painting depicts a battle within a black floral border. Left, a red, horned man sits in a white arched pavilion beside a pink wall. Right, light-skinned Devi rides a tiger holding a lotus, while four-armed, dark-skinned Kali stands nearby with a sword and garland of heads. Below, in a green field, red, blue, and yellow figures are slaughtered by gray-skinned adversaries in chariots and on foot.

Kali and Devi attack, from a Devi Mahatmya

c. 1840

Northern India, Pahari kingdoms

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