Durga on her lion mount / Artist Unknown, India, Bihar
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1981/1.315
- Title
- Durga on her lion mount
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bihar
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- stone
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century - 14th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- India (nation)
- Bihar (state)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- India (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Bihar (state)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Bihar
- Dimensions
- 55.56 cm x 32.39 cm x 12.07 cm (21 7/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. x 4 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 13th-14th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- relief
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- architectural element
- Physical Description
- The four-armed Durga sits on a stylized crouching lion with her right leg pendant and the left one across her body. Her front right hand extends down with palm outwards in a boon giving gesture while the back right hand holds a sword. Her left font hand holds a fruit or flower bud while her back left hand holds a shield. The whole is simply carved with rather subdued jewelry, but she does wear necklaces, bracelets, armlets and loose anklets as well as large circular earrings and a diadem across her forehead. Her hair is arranged behind the diadem. The stele is subtly pointed and its only decoration is a band along the outside, although a throne is suggested at her knees. A highly stylized lotus supports her right foot at the base.
- Subject Matter
- Durga is a common name for the Goddess. She has a large following in Hinduism and often the title Durga is an umbrella name covering a wide assortment of goddesses. Here she is presented in a simple four-armed form and the weapons that she carries are shared by a number of different goddesses. The lion mount also is seen for goddesses that are inscribed with a variety of titles. A Hindu goddess, she also sometimes appears in Buddhist environments and this sculpture comes from an area and time when the iconographies of both Hinduism and Buddhism commingled.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- mammals
- objects
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by state or condition
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- swords
- weaponry
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1272 x 1933
- File Size
- 327 KB
- Record
- 1981/1.315
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"Durga on her lion mount; Artist Unknown, India, Bihar." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-1.315/1981_1.315.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
