Devi Slaying the Demon Dhumra Lochana, ca. 1730

  • Indian

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

  • Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches (13.3 × 18.4 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund

26.392.A

Inscribed, in Sanskrit, in Devanagari script, on verso, center of page: (Translation adapted from Thomas B. Coburn, Encountering the Goddess, p.59 [Devi Mahatmya verse 6.9]: Thus addressed, the demon Dhumralochana [Smoky-Eyes] rushed at her. Ambika reduced him to ashes with the sound of "Hmmmmm!") Inscribed, in Devanagari numerals, on verso, upper left corner: (||68||)

(Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy)

1926-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. Rajput Painting, vol. 2. Oxford, 1916, (pl. 26-A) (as Pahari, Jammu, 17th century). A.C. Eastman. "Six Indian Paintings." Bulletin of the DIA 8, no. 5 (February 1927). DIA Picture Book: Art of India, China and Japan. Detroit, 1946, p. 10 (ill.). Rajput Painting. Exh. cat., Asia Society. New York, 1960, cat. no. 60 (as Punjab Hills, Basholi, ca. 1700). DIA Picture Book: Art of India, China and Japan. Detroit, 1961, p. 44 (ill.). Miniatures and Small Sculptures from India Exhibition Catalogue. Exh. cat., University Gallery, University of Florida. Gainesville, 1966, cat. no. 59.

Indian, Devi Slaying the Demon Dhumra Lochana, ca. 1730, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 26.392.A.