Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)

Angkor period, 10th century or later

Cambodia or Thailand

Status: On View, Gallery 142
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Khmer
Title: Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini)
Place: Southeast Asia (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 901 CE–1990
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 67.1 × 38.5 × 21 cm (26 7/16 × 15 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
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
Reference Number: 1996.32
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“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 1995”, Archives of Asian Art, vol. 49, (1996), 114, fig. 8.
Wood, James & Mancoff, Debra, Treasures from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 60 (image only).
Bunker, Emma C. & Latchford, Douglas, Adoration and Glory: The Golden Age of Khmer Art (Chicago: Art Media Resources, 2004), 152–153, cat. 46.

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.

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