ASIAN ART (9-10 AUGUST 2017)

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72

BARDO SCENE WITH

ANIMAL DEITIES

NEPAL, 19

TH

CENTURY

Distemper on cloth

44.6 x 26.7 in (113.4 x 67.9 cm)

$ 9,375 – 12,500

Rs 6,00,000 – 8,00,000

NON–EXPORTABLE

REGISTERED ANTIQUITY

PUBLISHED:

Hugo E Kreijger,

Kathmandu Valley

Painting: The Jucker Collection

, Boston,

1999, p. 96, no. 35

PROVENANCE:

Property of a Gentleman

Sotheby’s New York,

The Jucker

Collection of Himalayan Paintings

,

March 2006, lot 42

Winged Herukas or enlightened wrathful beings

are central to this Bardo scene dotted with

numerous animal deities. Bardo is a Tibetan

text intended to positively influence the next

life or incarnation of a devotee. A coiled dragon

clutching jewels is depicted below, flanked by the

donor family on either sides. This rare Nepalese

paubha

imitates the contemporaneous Tibetan

style of framing

thangkas

of Chinese silk brocade

usually in colours of red, yellow and blue.