THE GODDESS DURGA ENTHRONED ON MOUNT KAILASA

GOUACHE ON BOARD

JAPIUR SCHOOL CIRCA 1840

8.25"x11.75"

EXHIBITED:

Lycoming College Gallery; Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1981

DESCRIPTION: Durga enthroned on mount Kailasa is seated in an ornate golden sala with her vehicle, the lion, recumbent to her right. In the foreground numerous resplendent, minor deity worshippers are processing at right. Their brilliant aureoles at contrast with the bleak rocky landscape. A somber earth tone landscape is in the background; the dark blue sky accents the sparse foliage of the foreground.