covers of a hindu manuscript distemper on wood nepal

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Description

covers of a hindu manuscript
distemper on wood
9 1/2 by 28 in. (3.75 by 11 cm.)

The covers depicting Shiva and Parvati seated on Nandi, and Lakshminarayana seated on Garuda and the tortoise, against snow-capped mountain landscapes.

Provenance

Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Literature

Hugo E. Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting, The Jucker Collection, Boston, 1999, p. 115, no. 47.