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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE MANHATTAN COLLECTOR
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A PAUBHA OF MAHAPATINGKAH The white bodhisattva of one thousand heads,
NEPAL, KATHMANDU, KEL TOLE, DATED BY
arms and myriad eyes astride at center, is known Newari script along the bottom register provide
INSCRIPTION TO 1878 (SAMVAT 998)
in Sanskrit as Sitatapatra. Her proper-left fve the date of the artwork, the place of creation,
Image 29¬ x 21¡ in. (75.3 x 54.9 cm.)
hundred legs on the left side suppress a host of and the names of the man and the four family
$4,000-6,000 worldly deities and animals, while her proper- members responsible for the dedication of this
right fve hundred legs suppress a host of worldly paubha for the beneft of all sentient beings.
plights, demons and animals. She is surrounded by
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Los Angeles, by repute retinue fgures and at the bottom two lay men and Himalayan Art Resources (himalayanart.org),
Bonhams New York, 11 September 2012, lot 162 three lay women kneel in propitiation. Two lines of item no. 24506.