Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Provenance

With Shirley Day, Ltd., London, UK, by Jan. 25, 1996 [copies of letters in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, March 11,1996.

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Khmer

Angkor period, 10th century or later

Accession Number

144401

Medium

Sandstone

Dimensions

67.1 × 38.5 × 21 cm (26 7/16 × 15 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Classification

sandstone

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor; Cheney Foundation, Mrs. Daniel Green, Lawrence R. Phillips, and Oriental Travel Purchase funds; Avery Brundage, Frederick and Nathalie Gookin, and Louise Lutz endowments