Lot 326
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Chhinnamasta

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Chhinnamasta
gouache heightened with gold on paper, above a pair of lovers wrapped in an orange cover, three goddesses, naked apart from jewlellery and snakes around their ankles, catch and drink the blood of the central one who has cut off her head, floral borders and spandrels, six-pointed star above, mounted, Kangra, 18th/19th century, (negligible wear) - 10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm.)
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Exhibited Arts Council, London

For a similar painting see: Mookerjee, A.: Tantra Art, New Delhi 1971, pl.64, p.102

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