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TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A MARKENDEYA PURANA SERIES:
DURGA MAHISHASURA
Jaipur, circa 1830
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; surrounded by a frantic rakshasas, Durga on her lion
slays the buffalo and extracts the demon king; Sanskrit verses in top border.
Each image: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (17.5 x 27 cm); Each folio: 10 1/4 x 14 in. (26.1 x 35.6 cm)
$3,000 - 5,000
For another page from the series see Christie’s, South Kensington, 1 October 2012, lot 253 and
Sotheby’s, New York, 17 June 1993, lot 403.
Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 23 March 1995, lot 314
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