Demonic figure

anonymous, 800 - 900

This small figure is represented in an active pose, with his right knee drawn up and right arm flung across his body. The moustache and broad dagger on his back are features of Mahakala, Shiva’s doorkeeper, but he could also be the spirit of the buffalo demon in human form. (Both figures are represented elsewhere in this gallery.)

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture, fragment, Mahishasura
  • Object numberAK-MAK-243
  • Dimensionsheight 39 cm x width 20 cm x depth 18.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Demonic figure

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-243

  • Description

    Fragment van Durga Mahishasura mardini (een buffeldemon)

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Midden-Java

  • Dating

    800 - 900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 39 cm x width 20 cm x depth 18.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Herman Karel Westendorp, 1923 or -24)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 1919, no. 1548, fl. 50, to Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941);{Note RMA.} donated by whom to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1923 or 1924;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • Rapti Miedema, 'De Javaanse Demon van Westendorp', Aziatische Kunst 38 (2008), nr. 3, p. 24-27.
    • Veilingcat. Porcelaines et objects d'art, (Frederfik Muller), 25 november 1919, nr. 1548.

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