Lot Essay
Previously sold Christie's, 3 October 1990, lot 87.
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Gods in the presence of Shiva on Mount Kailash
probably froma Shiva Purana, gouche heightened with gold on paper, the long-haired deity wears a crescent moon on his forehead and a snake round his neck as he sits outside his cave receiving a group of 12 lesser deities, Nandi lies beside his fire, lake and mountains behind, mounted, framed and glazed (small areas of flaking, light water-marking and possible overpainting), Kangra or Garhwal, first half 19th century - 8¼ x 11½in. (21 x 29.3cm.)
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probably froma Shiva Purana, gouche heightened with gold on paper, the long-haired deity wears a crescent moon on his forehead and a snake round his neck as he sits outside his cave receiving a group of 12 lesser deities, Nandi lies beside his fire, lake and mountains behind, mounted, framed and glazed (small areas of flaking, light water-marking and possible overpainting), Kangra or Garhwal, first half 19th century - 8¼ x 11½in. (21 x 29.3cm.)
See illustration