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FOUR PATAS OF DAKINIS AND MAHAKALA These Nepalese ritual paintings comprise depictions of Dakini standing
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY on a corpse, Karma Dakini standing on severed heads, Vajra Dakini
Mineral pigments on paper; each verso inscribed in Newari with eight standing on a hamsa; and six-armed Mahakala. Another from the
lines of mantras associated with the deity. same series sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 18 December 1981, lot 240.
Image: 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (39.3 x 26.1 cm), the largest; Other closely related examples are held in the Los Angeles County
Folio: 16 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (42.8 x 29.5 cm), the largest Museum of Art (Pal, Art of Nepal, Los Angeles, 1985, pp.225-26,
pls.32-3) and sold at Christie’s, Paris, 13 June 2013, lot 283.
$15,000 - 20,000
Provenance
尼泊爾 十八世紀 空行母與大黑天宗教畫四幅 Private French Collection

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