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Property of the Bothwell Family Collection

A Silk Embroidery Depicting Panjarnatha Mahakala, Tibet, circa 15th Century

Auction Closed

September 20, 05:33 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of the Bothwell Family Collection

A Silk Embroidery Depicting Panjarnatha Mahakala

Tibet, circa 15th Century


25½ by 19 in. (64.8 by 48.3 cm)


the deity at center holding his principal attributes of the kartrika, kapala and ghandi stick, standing on a prostrate figure, wearing a tiger skin around his waist and a garland of severed heads, a skull crown engulfed in flames crowns his head, Brahmanarupa Mahakala below to the right blowing a deer horn trumpet, with Vajradhara seated at the top flanked by a garuda and phoenix


Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13704.

James Bothwell, acquired in Nepal, 1960s. 

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