FOUR PATAS OF DAKINIS AND MAHAKALA


NEPAL, 18TH CENTURYMineral pigments on paper; each verso inscribed in Newari with eight lines of mantras associated with the deity. Image: 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (39.3 x 26.1 cm), the largest; Folio: 16 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (42.8 x 29.5 cm), the largest
|尼泊爾 十八世紀 空行母與大黑天宗教畫四幅 These Nepalese ritual paintings comprise depictions of Dakini standing on a corpse, Karma Dakini standing on severed heads, Vajra Dakini standing on a hamsa; and six-armed Mahakala. Another from the same series sold at Sotheby's, New York, 18 December 1981, lot 240. Other closely related examples are held in the Los Angeles County 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.Provenance Private French Collection