Page 232 - March 23 2022 Boinghams NYC Indian and Himalayan Art

496
A PAINTING OF HANUMAN
INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY
15Ω x 11Ω in. (14.9 x 29.2 cm.)
$4,000-6,000
This painting represents Hanuman in his cosmic form, Pancha Mukha. The
representation celebrates his most heroic feat— bringing Mount Vindaya, with
all its medicinal herbs, to Rama and Lakshmana. Hanuman is depicted boldly
striding forward, trampling on demons and brandishing an array of weapons
and other attributes as he makes his way back to his Lord. In this tantric
form, he has twelve arms, and five heads. While often times, these heads are
represented as concentric faces, in the present example, the faces are alluded
to through the mule, lion and horse heads appearing from his crown.

230