A PAUBHA DEPICTING GUHYAKALI Nepal, circa 16th Century
the blue multi-armed goddess in Pratyalidha against a halo of flames, with Kartrika and kapala in her principal hands, standing on a form of Shiva lying on a base with a black dog reclining on a lotus flower, deities and crowned heads beneath, charnel grounds and her multi-armed entourage around the shrine, the upper register cut, with Vinadhara Shiva and Parvati below flanked by Bhairava and Srikantha Kamakala
26 3/4 by 22 1/4 in. (68 by 56.5 cm)
26 3/4 by 22 1/4 in. (68 by 56.5 cm)
Details
- Title : A PAUBHA DEPICTING GUHYAKALI Nepal, circa 16th Century
- Year : circa 16th Century
- Classification : Painting
- Accession No : LOT 906
- 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 : 8,000 — 12,000 USD
- LOT SOLD : 7,500 USD
- CATALOGUE NOTE : This rare paubha depicts the shakti of Pashupatinatha, the patron deity of the Hindus of Nepal, see Pratapaditya Pal, Art Of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet, New York, 1991, p. 80-2, and compare a 1600-50 Guhyakali in the Zimmerman Collection, ibid, p. 81. The goddess’s temple is located across the Bagmati River from Pashupatinath in Kathmandu.