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NORTH INDIA, MANKOT, CIRCA 1750
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A DEPICTION OF CHINNAMASTA
NORTH INDIA, MANKOT, CIRCA 1750
The red-skinned goddess Chinnamasta standing atop a prone male figure, holding her severed head in one hand and a knife in the other, wearing pearl jewelry, a garland of severed heads and a snake around her torso, flanked by blue flowers on either side, set against a green background, inside gold and black ruled red margins
Opaque watercolor on wasli heightened with gold
5½ x 3 5/8 in. (13.9 x 9.1 cm.)
NORTH INDIA, MANKOT, CIRCA 1750
The red-skinned goddess Chinnamasta standing atop a prone male figure, holding her severed head in one hand and a knife in the other, wearing pearl jewelry, a garland of severed heads and a snake around her torso, flanked by blue flowers on either side, set against a green background, inside gold and black ruled red margins
Opaque watercolor on wasli heightened with gold
5½ x 3 5/8 in. (13.9 x 9.1 cm.)
Provenance
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, mid 1970s