CATALOGUE NOTE
Painted in the style of murals at Mulagu-guje-bahal, see Mary Shepherd Slusser, Nepal Mandala, Princeton, 1982, Vol. II, pl. 177.
Details
- Title : Paubha depcting Lalita
- Year : c. 1900
- Classification : Paubha Painting
- Medium : Pigments
- Dimension : 91 by 68 cm. 35 3/4 by 26 3/4 in.
- Collection : Sotheby’s
- Credit Line : Newar
- Status : SOLD 6,875 USD. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500. 15 SEPTEMBER 2018 | 10:00 AM EDT NEW YORK. 'lot. 1433
- Provenance : Prof. and Mrs Samuel Eilenberg (by repute)
- Condition : Good and stable overall condition. Areas of wear and fading in particular in the painted blue background in upper register and in the yellow border throughout. Flaking and paint loss to halos in the figures along the right and left registers. Additional flaking and paint loss in the white pigments especially to the two elephants and lion on the right and left registers and the figure below the main deity. The green ground in register below showing areas of blistering and buckling.