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PAUBHA OF SUKHAVATI LOKESHVARA

NEPAL, DATED 951 NS = 1831 AD
Inscribed and dated on the lower panel in Nepalese
Distemper on cloth
31.25 x 20.5 in (79.4 x 52.1 cm)

NON-EXPORTABLE UNREGISTERED ANTIQUITY

Sukhavati Lokeshvara is depicted here with his four heads, and four arms holding a bow and arrow, a diamond sceptre or vajra, a rosary (string of beads) and a discus. His consort sits with her back to the viewer. The donor family can be seen in the lower panel with an array of ritual objects placed around a central figure of a standing Ganesha. The inscription on the paubha notes that it was commissioned by a family from Kila- Bahala in Manjusri Tole, residing in the Kathmandu valley. Five buddhas are perched at the topmost panel, blessing the paubha.







  Lot 51 of 74  

ASIAN ART
9-10 AUGUST 2017

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PAUBHA OF SUKHAVATI LOKESHVARA


 









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