A POLYCHROME WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER DEPICTING UMAMAHESHVARA
NEPAL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel depicting Umamaheshvara at the centre, seated on the bull placed on a lotus base, the white four-armed Shiva holding his consort Parvati and the prescribed attributes, his face with enigmatic expression and halo behind his head, flanked to each side with a worshipping male and female couple and accompanied by their children, reverse painted with scattered flowers
6 3/8 x 16 ½ in. (16 x 42 cm.)
Details
- Title : A POLYCHROME WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER DEPICTING UMAMAHESHVARA
- Classification : Manuscripts
- Medium : POLYCHROME WOOD
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 18TH/19TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 293
- Price realised : GBP 1,500
- Estimate : GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500
- Provenance : Acquired circa 1979.