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A VERY LARGE TANTRIC TEMPLE BANNER WITH TARA, NEPAL 17 CENTURY ⋩ᶫᶾ䲨⯤㱲䇦⭮⬿⮢⺇˪⹎㭵˫㨓ⷭ
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Pigment and black ink on cloth. Mounted on paper within a slim golden fabric border ⶫ㕁炻柼㕁炻湹⡐炻䳁㛔墅墙炻慹怲
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Nepal, 17 century ⯤㱲䇦炻⋩ᶫᶾ䲨

This horizontal scroll (bilampo) from Nepal features six depictions of Tara in various Ἦ冒⯤㱲䇦䘬忁⻝㯜⸛䔓庠炷bilampo炸ẍℕ䧖ᶵ⎴兂刚㍷
emanations with a different skin tone. Twice the goddess is depicted as the white 丒Ḯ⹎㭵ˤ ᶨᾳ䘥⹎㭵炻ᶨᾳ䲭䙖兂ἄ㖶ἃ㭵炻ᶨ㫉啵⹎
Tara, twice as the red-skinned Kurukulla, once as the blue Tara, Ekajata and once she 㭵炻ᶨ㫉⤡㚱㶙墸刚䘬兂刚ˤ ㇨㚱⹎㭵悥ẍ嶛准⦧⊊↢
has a dark brown skin tone. All figures are shown in a dancing pose, standing on one 䎦炻╖儧䪁⛐咖剙⹏ᶲˤ ṾᾹ㭷ᶨᾳ悥㚱ᶨᾳ㚤旨伭␴ᶨ
leg atop a lotus pedestal. They have a mandorla and an aureole each, and in their ᾳ⃱䑘炻⛐ṾᾹ㉔崟䘬⎛ㇳᷕ⯽䎦↢ᶵ⎴䘬⮞䈑炻ἳ⤪ⷞ㚱
raised right hand show different attributes such as a vessel with flowers or a white 歖剙ㆾ䘥刚㴟坢ˤ
conch.
⹎㭵ⶎ怲㗗ᶵ㛥䘬剙䒞␴ᶨᾳⶐ⣏䘬咖咔炻咖剙叱↢䎦⛐
To the left of the Tara row is the vase of immortality and a large lotus seed capsule 忁ᾳ咖咔ᶲˤ ᶨ㌺㚱ᶱ晣䛤䜃䘬㚱奺␴䎈⃱⮞㯋䘬ら櫼
from which a lotus leaf scroll emerges that is framing each of the deity images. A 朊℟㬋⛐徥崽⤛䤆ˤ 嶛准䘬䤆⁷搚⳴⃱䑘ᷕ炻᷎䨧㍺叿歖
row of horned and bejeweled demon masks with three eyes is surmounting the 剙ˤ 忁䧖栆✳䘬㨓ⷭ忂ⷠ⛐䭨㖍㛇攻⛐⮢⺇䘬⢾䇮⯽䣢ˤ
goddesses. dancing Buddhist deities framed within aureoles and interspersed with
flowers. This type of banner was displayed outdoors, often on the walls of a temple, 㨓ⷭ
during festivals. ⯢⮠烉340 x 74 cm (䔓朊), 382 x 76 cm (⏓墅墙)
⑩䚠列⤥炻㚱庽⽖䙢䲳␴㯜嶉炻䓙㕤墅墙ᶵ㖻娵↢炻㱡⼑
Shape: Rectangular horizontal shape 朊㚱䢐㎵
Dimensions: 340 x 74 cm (painting size), 382 x 76 cm (including the mount) ⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ攻岤ℍ
Condition: Good condition with minor creases and tears, hardly discernible due to
the mounting. Rubbing to paintwork 㔯䌣⍫侫烉夳剅≈⒍喅埻䞼䨞㇨⹓⬀㶭╖ 1984.1503烊˪
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s ⯤㱲䇦⭮⬿⮢⺇㊪ⷭ匤⎱⯤幓䓼䘬嶛准⤛䤆˫ 炻⋩ᶫᶾ
䲨炻James W. ␴ Marilynn Alsdorf㓞啷
Literature comparison: see in the inventory of the Art Institute of Chicago under Acc.
Nr. 1984.1503 ‘Nepalese Tantric Temple Banner of a Dancing Goddess Flanked by Estimate EUR 2.000,-
Dakinis, 17th century’ from the collection of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf. Starting price EUR 1.000,-

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