Lot Essay
A comparable Padmapani shrine paubha, though later in date, is in the Jucker Collection and published in H.E. Kreijger. Kathmandu Valley Painting, Serindia Publications, London 1999, pl. 30
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17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A Nepalese paubha on cloth depicting a Padmapani Shrine
17th/18th century
Padmapani stands in the centre of the shrine with both hands holding a lotus flower, flanked by Hayagriva to his left and Sudhanakumara to his right, near the borders Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, a central three-tiered paviljon with the Buddha Sakyamuni and the five tathagatas above, and set against a background of twelve horizontal registers with divinities and donors
188 x 110 cm, mounted
17th/18th century
Padmapani stands in the centre of the shrine with both hands holding a lotus flower, flanked by Hayagriva to his left and Sudhanakumara to his right, near the borders Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, a central three-tiered paviljon with the Buddha Sakyamuni and the five tathagatas above, and set against a background of twelve horizontal registers with divinities and donors
188 x 110 cm, mounted
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