Lot Essay
For a closely related example of a work on paper with the same iconography, see J. Brzostoski, Tantra: From the Collection of Blanche Manso, 1970, fig. no. 300.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
A large pichhavai of a Cosmic Man
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A large pichhavai of a Cosmic Man
India, Rajasthan, 19th century
Depicting the Cosmic Man standing on and supporting various buildings and people, with deep blue skin, seven heads and multiple eyes on his arms, holding various attributes, the central plane of existence depicted at his navel, surrounded by worshippers, animals, Shiva, Vishnu and other gods, all enclosed in a Cosmic Egg with a heavenly palace structure at top and animal-headed attendants at either side, all set against a deep blue pond filled with lotuses and bordered by a floral vine
75 x 97 in. (190.5 x 246.4 cm.)
India, Rajasthan, 19th century
Depicting the Cosmic Man standing on and supporting various buildings and people, with deep blue skin, seven heads and multiple eyes on his arms, holding various attributes, the central plane of existence depicted at his navel, surrounded by worshippers, animals, Shiva, Vishnu and other gods, all enclosed in a Cosmic Egg with a heavenly palace structure at top and animal-headed attendants at either side, all set against a deep blue pond filled with lotuses and bordered by a floral vine
75 x 97 in. (190.5 x 246.4 cm.)
Provenance
Collection of Karel Appel