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A double-sided ritual thyasapu manual of iconographic illustrations
Nepal 19th century

18 September 2013, 10:00 EDT
New York

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A double-sided ritual thyasapu manual of iconographic illustrations

Nepal 19th century
44 pages with 260 illustrations, mineral pigments on paper: many pages with three deities in union with their consorts, such as the eight Mother Goddesses, the primordial goddess Guhyeshvari, and a fully developed iconography of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi; Newari script below.
Each page: 11 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (29.5 x 15.87 cm)

Footnotes

Compare with a ritual manual in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1994-148-617) and a book of iconographic drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.82.169.2).

Provenance:
Private Californian Collection
Acquired from Dr. Myer in 1969

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