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TWO PATAS OF SHIVA AND BHUVANESHVARI Such Nepalese ritual paintings offer glimpses into rarely seen esoteric
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY iconography. One depicts Bhuvaneshvari rising from a yantra,with four
Mineral pigments on paper; both versos inscribed in Newari with eight arms, holding a sword, shield, lasso and elephant goad. The other
lines of mantras associated with each deity. depicts Shiva as Kali standing on a corpse over a funeral pyre, with
Image: 15 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (39.5 x 25.8 cm), the larger; four arms offering gestures (mudras) of charity and protection while
Folio: 16 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (42.5 x 29.5 cm), the larger holding a sword and severed head. A painting from the same group is
preserved in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.81.206.8).
$6,000 - 8,000
尼泊爾 十八世紀 濕婆與萬有母宗教畫兩幅

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