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NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A thangka of Shri Hevajra and Vajra Nairatmya
Nepal, 19th century
The two deities locked in embrace at center, she holding a skull cup aloft and dressed in beaded festoons, the face with third eye gazing into his, he holding a multitude of skull cups and dressed in a tiger skin, the various faces in different colors, standing on Brahma at left and Shiva at right, backed by an aureole of skulls and flames, with two forms of Vajrayogini below and Vajradhara flanked by two retinue figures above, all within a landscape populated with animals and with both lingam and stupas
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm.)
Nepal, 19th century
The two deities locked in embrace at center, she holding a skull cup aloft and dressed in beaded festoons, the face with third eye gazing into his, he holding a multitude of skull cups and dressed in a tiger skin, the various faces in different colors, standing on Brahma at left and Shiva at right, backed by an aureole of skulls and flames, with two forms of Vajrayogini below and Vajradhara flanked by two retinue figures above, all within a landscape populated with animals and with both lingam and stupas
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
The Jucker Collection, before 1999
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, acquired from Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 2008, lot 41
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, acquired from Sotheby's, New York, 28 March 2008, lot 41
Literature
H. Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting: The Jucker Collection, 1999, p. 89, cat. no. 31