The Jucker Collection of Himalayan Paintings

/

Lot 44
  • 44

Dharmadhatu Vagishvara distemper on cloth Nepal

bidding is closed

Description

  • Dharmadhatu Vagishvara
  • distemper on cloth
  • 40 1/4 by 29 in. (102 by 73.5 cm.)
The eight-armed and four-headed manifestation of Manjushri, seated with his prajna in a mountain landscape with Ganesha and Mahakala in attendance, the Five Transcendental Buddhas above, with donors, offerings and a Vajracharya performing puja below, the framed scene surrounded by the eight cremation grounds separated by rivers.

Literature

Hugo E. Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting, The Jucker Collection, Boston, 1999, p. 92, no. 33.

Catalogue Note

For the format, compare an Uposhadha Avadana paubha in The British Museum dated 1807, see Pal, 1978, pl. 127.