A folding iconographic manual with Mahavidhya deities

NEPAL, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A folding iconographic manual with Mahavidhya deities
Nepal, 17th/18th century
The eighteen leaves painted with female deities within aureoles and extensive writing on the verso, with additional deities seated in different forms of lotus blossoms, each connected to the last with colored lines on the verso
10½ in. x 95 in. (26.7 x 241.3 cm.) long, unfolded

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1999

Lot Essay

This Nepalese book would have served as a visual guide to the iconography of Hindu deities for both priests and artists. For a comparable example in the Zimmerman Collection, see P. Pal, "Himalayan Mandalas in the Zimmerman Collection," Orientations, February 1992, fig. 2.

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