IVORY GROUP "DOURGA VICTORIOUS" 



INDIAN CARVING. THE TEN-ARMED GODDESS HOLDS IN HER HANDS A DISK, A HARPOON, A 

 TRIDENT, A SABRE, AN ARROW, A BOW, A SHIELD, A LASSO, A BELL, AND A POIGNARD. HER 

 RIGHT FOOT RESTS UPON A TIGER W^ICH HAS BURIED ITS CL.\WS IN THE BREAST OF A DE- 

 CAPITATED BUFFALO, OUT OF WHOSE NECK THE GIANT MAHASHASURA IS ISSUING, SABRE IN 

 HAND. ON THE RIGHT OF THE GODDESS IS SKL\NDA ON A PEACOCK; ON HER LEFT, GANESA 

 ON HIS rat; on either side is a woman, ONE BEARING FLOWERS, THE OTHER A MANDOLIN. 

 AMONG THE FIGURES OF A FRIEZE ON THE ARCH SURMOUNTING THE GROUP IS THAT OF AN 

 ELEPHANT. 



MCSEE GUIMET, PARIS 



