Durga Slaying Mahishasuramardini
Orissa
15th – 16th century
Bronze
H. 13 cm.
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The goddess, with a triumphant expression, rests her left leg on the lion, her mount, and her right leg on the back of the demon-buffalo, which she pierces with a spear. What appears unusual are the conch shell and the discus, ritual objects from the iconography of Vishnu.