{"product_id":"indian-company-school-pratyangira-hindu-goddess-deity-original-mid-19th-century-gouache-painting-ke-066","title":"Indian Company School, Pratyangira Hindu Goddess Deity – Mid-19th-century gouache painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original mid-19th-century gouache painting – Indian Company School, Pratyangira Hindu Goddess Deity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully vivid and detailed Indian Company painting on mica of the Trichinopoly School, depicting the Hindu goddess Pratyangira.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePratyangira is a fierce and powerful goddess, described to be the shakti (female energy) of the deity Narasimha and worshipped for her ability to protect and destroy negative forces. She is represented as a goddess with a male lion's face and a female human body, here depicted with a fiery red mane. She holds a pasha (serpent noose), symbolising the binding of evil or negative energies, and damaru (hand drum), representing the cosmic sound of creation and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one a group of three deity subjects on mica that we have for sale (see stock numbers KE-065 and KE-067).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndian Company paintings on mica are rare; it is estimated that as of now, there are only around 7,000 mica paintings available in the world. This painting being a boat subject is particularly rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mica is loose with no mount or backing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55549107503433,"sku":"KE-066","price":493.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KE-066.jpg?v=1791459701","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/es-eu\/products\/indian-company-school-pratyangira-hindu-goddess-deity-original-mid-19th-century-gouache-painting-ke-066","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}