A PAIR OF WOOD AND POLYCHROME DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI BOOK COVERS Nepal, Circa 17th Century
depicting ten deities from the Mahishasuramardini Durga cycle on both inner faces, each multi-armed goddess within a shrine supported by lions, a Kirtimukha Torana above and pillars topped by yantra
4 1/2 by 20 in. (11.5 by 51 cm)
4 1/2 by 20 in. (11.5 by 51 cm)
Details
- Title : A PAIR OF WOOD AND POLYCHROME DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI BOOK COVERS Nepal, Circa 17th Century
- Year : Circa 17th Century
- Classification : Painting
- Medium : Wood
- Dimension : 4 1/2 by 20 in. (11.5 by 51 cm)
- Accession No : LOT 909
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : Sotheby’s
- Status : SOLD AT: THE RICHARD R. & MAGDALENA ERNST COLLECTION OF HIMALAYAN ART 22 MARCH 2018 | 10:00 AM EDT NEW YORK
- ESTIMATE : 12,000 — 18,000 USD
- LOT SOLD : 9,375 USD
- CATALOGUE NOTE : Compare a Nepalese painted wood book cover depicting five forms of Durga Mahishasuramardini in Günter Grönbold, Tibetische Buchdeckel, München, 1991, p. 33, cat. no. 5; the painted covers of a Nepalese Devimahatmya manuscript in the Jucker Collection, Sotheby’s New York, March 28 2006, lot 18; and similar covers in Pratapaditya Pal, The Arts of Nepal: Volume Two: Painting, Leiden, 1978, pl. 62.