The Goddess Kali Standing on a Mountaintop, c. 1720. Northern India, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Kingdom of Mandi. Gum tempera and gold on paper; page: x cm (11 1/16 x 7 1/4 in.); image: x cm (9 13/16 x 6 in.). The four-armed goddess, her body colored orange, stands on a white mountaintop brandishing weapons and a severed head. A tree composed of puffs is behind her with cypress trees flanking it. Dogs, black birds, a mutilated human, and a decapitated buffalo are strewn about. Two black female attendants offer the goddess skull cups full of blood.

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