Bronze Durga 16N47
Bronze statuette of eight-armed Durga riding a tiger, also called Mahishasuramardini or Mardini in the Deccan region. She is the most popular incarnation of Devi and one of the main forms of the Goddess Shakti in the Hindu pantheon, the protective mother goddess, willing to unleash her anger against wrong and violence for liberation and destruction to empower creation.
Maharashtra state, South India.
Circa 17th-18th century.
83 mm high.