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NEPAL, 14TH CENTURY
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A small painting of Varahi
Nepal, 14th century
The boar-faced goddess seated on the back of a buffalo over a lotus base, holding a chopper, skull cup, hook, and khatvanga with her middle hands in the gestures of generosity and protection, adorned with various jewelry and wearing a foliate tiara, backed by an aureole with flaming border with two diminutive flowers in the upper left and right corner
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
8¾ x 5½ in. (22.2 x 13.9 cm.)
Nepal, 14th century
The boar-faced goddess seated on the back of a buffalo over a lotus base, holding a chopper, skull cup, hook, and khatvanga with her middle hands in the gestures of generosity and protection, adorned with various jewelry and wearing a foliate tiara, backed by an aureole with flaming border with two diminutive flowers in the upper left and right corner
Opaque pigments and gold on textile
8¾ x 5½ in. (22.2 x 13.9 cm.)
Provenance
Spink and Son, Ltd., London
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1985
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1985
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