Massive volcanic stone figure of Durga, East Java, c. 11th. cent. AD
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1492: Item # 1480389
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1492: Item # 1480389
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An important huge stone sculpture of Durga, Indonesia, East Javanese Hindu art of the 11th. cent. AD.
She is standing bare-breasted on a buffalo, the eight-armed goddess grasps the demon by his hair and holds various attributes such as sword, conch and dharmachkra. Her torso is contoured and adorned with a heavy necklace, the face with a benign expression and crowned by a diadem and elaborate headdress. She is clad in a batik sarong fastened with several beaded belts, two rosette clasps and pendant festoons, her hair tied in a high chignon with tresses flowing to the sides, backed by a halo and with the stele forming a torana around her.
Size: 72,5 cm. tall and 64 cm. wide. c. 23 cm. deep. The scupture probably weighs around 100+ kilos.
Condition: Superb quality for the type, material and age. The depiction of Durga fully intact with light loss to the top of headress and the halo.
Provenance: Old Swedish Collection, formerly in the Ban Bang Yoga Carta collection - an Indonesian professors collection, bought in the 1960s-1970s.
***PS - pictures are somewhat dark, so we will update these shortly.
She is standing bare-breasted on a buffalo, the eight-armed goddess grasps the demon by his hair and holds various attributes such as sword, conch and dharmachkra. Her torso is contoured and adorned with a heavy necklace, the face with a benign expression and crowned by a diadem and elaborate headdress. She is clad in a batik sarong fastened with several beaded belts, two rosette clasps and pendant festoons, her hair tied in a high chignon with tresses flowing to the sides, backed by a halo and with the stele forming a torana around her.
Size: 72,5 cm. tall and 64 cm. wide. c. 23 cm. deep. The scupture probably weighs around 100+ kilos.
Condition: Superb quality for the type, material and age. The depiction of Durga fully intact with light loss to the top of headress and the halo.
Provenance: Old Swedish Collection, formerly in the Ban Bang Yoga Carta collection - an Indonesian professors collection, bought in the 1960s-1970s.
***PS - pictures are somewhat dark, so we will update these shortly.
