Deities of the Bardo Distemper on cloth Nepal

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Description

Deities of the Bardo
Distemper on cloth
44 2/3 by 27 1/3 in. (113.5 by 69.5 cm.)

The Bardo scene including winged Herukas and numerous animal-headed deities, with the donor family below flanking a coiled dragon clutching jewels.

Literature

Hugo E. Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting, The Jucker Collection, Boston, 1999, p. 96, no. 35.

Catalogue Note

As with the Jucker Hevajra, lot 41 above, this rare Nepalese Bardo paubha has painted borders imitating the Chinese fabric mounts of Tibetan paintings of the period.