Lot Essay
The image of the cosmic primordial being is widespread amongst the Jain and Hindu communities but is rarely depicted in a Buddhist context in Nepal, as in the present case.
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NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
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A Cosmic Man, Purusha
Nepal, 19th Century
Depicting a human figure in white against a black ground with chakras, of consisting of animals, wrathful figures, and pacific deities painted over its vital organs and a lotus stalk emerging from the head, flanked by mountain outcrops, a mythical animal and a sage at top, inscribed in Nepali throughout
27 x 10¾ in. (68.5 x 27.2 cm.); frame: 40 x 22½ in. (101.5 x 57 cm.)
Nepal, 19th Century
Depicting a human figure in white against a black ground with chakras, of consisting of animals, wrathful figures, and pacific deities painted over its vital organs and a lotus stalk emerging from the head, flanked by mountain outcrops, a mythical animal and a sage at top, inscribed in Nepali throughout
27 x 10¾ in. (68.5 x 27.2 cm.); frame: 40 x 22½ in. (101.5 x 57 cm.)