id:			159500
accession number:	1996.27
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.27
updated:		2022-09-10 11:18:12.833000

Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon, 900s. Cambodia, Koh Ker, 10th century. Bronze; overall: 52 x 18.4 x 12.5 cm (20 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.); without tang: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.27

title:				Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon
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creation date:			900s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		999
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Cambodia, Koh Ker, 10th century
technique:	bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Cambodian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 52 x 18.4 x 12.5 cm (20 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.); without tang: 44.8 cm (17 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Natasha Eilenberg, Cornwall, CT, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1996
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1996–
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fun fact: 
The figure wears a head-dress, <em>kirita-makuta</em>, a diadem tied in the back and pointed at top.

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wall description: 
This depiction of Durga is rare and important, as it is a large-scale example of the goddess in bronze. Her conquest over the buffalo demon is indicated by its severed head at her feet. She stands four-armed and triumphant, with a wheel, conch shell, mace, and clod of earth in her hands.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Asia House Gallery, and Daguan Zhou. <em>Khmer Sculpture</em>. New York: Asia<strong> </strong>House Gallery, 1961.
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	Lee, Sherman E. <em>Ancient Cambodian Sculpture</em>. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1969.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Egyptian Sculpture, Old Master Painting, Important Cambodian Bronze,” June 13, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4046

	Czuma, Stanislaw J. "Slayer of the Buffalo Demon." <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> April 1997: pp. 8–9.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 8–9
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	Bunker, Emma C., and Douglas Latchford. <em>Khmer Bronzes: New Interpretations of the Past</em>. Chicago: Art Media Resources, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 174, fig. 5.29
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	Bassoul, Aziz. <em>Splendour of Khmer Iconography: Ancient Cambodian Art of the 5th to the 13th Centuries in Major World Museums and Private Collections.</em> Beirut: Cedar of Lebanon Editions, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 58, no. 21
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