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Covers of a shaivite manuscript distemper on wood nepal
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Description
- Covers of a shaivite manuscript
- distemper on wood
- 4 by 17 in. (10 by 43 cm.) each
One cover depicting Shiva and Parvati standing on Nandi and the lion, flanked by Brahma and Ganesha on the left and Vishnu and Karttrikeya on the right, the second cover with a linga and yoni at center flanked by Bhairava and Kubera, a Vajracharya making offerings, and the donor family at either side.
Literature
Hugo E. Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting, The Jucker Collection, Boston, 1999, p. 114, no. 46.
Catalogue Note
Compare the deities’ crown type, palette and overall style with that of the Jucker Siddhilakshmi dated 1694, and the Vishnu temple dated 1716, see lots 14 and 16 above, and two paubhas in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, dated 1679 and 1681; see Pal, 1985, pp. 220-1, nos. P25, P26.