AN INDIAN DOUBLE-SIDED KALIGHAT WITH DURGA AND KALI,
SILVER AND INK ON PAPER, 19TH CENTURY,
one side with Durga, wearing a red sari, her multiple hands holding different weapons, atop the ferocious lion who is devouring the evil Mahishasura; the other with blue-skinned Kali, standing over her partner Shiva and holding a severed head, in the act of slaying an ogress standing to her left, with her red tongue enforcing her fierce demeanor
The image 18in. (45.7cm.) x 11in. (27.9cm.)
AN INDIAN DOUBLE-SIDED KALIGHAT WITH DURGA AND KALI,
SILVER AND INK ON PAPER, 19TH CENTURY,
one side with Durga, wearing a red sari, her multiple hands holding different weapons, atop the ferocious lion who is devouring the evil Mahishasura; the other with blue-skinned Kali, standing over her partner Shiva and holding a severed head, in the act of slaying an ogress standing to her left, with her red tongue enforcing her fierce demeanor
The image 18in. (45.7cm.) x 11in. (27.9cm.)
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