A NEPALESE PAUBHA DEPICTING SAMVARA AND NAIRATMYA, standing in alidhasana on Bhairava and Kalaratri, on a lotus, his twelve arms radiating around his body, each hand holding an attribute, naked except for a mala of severed heads, many body-ornaments, his head with three faces, embracing his female partner, a flaming halo behind, painted with various gods, the border with panels, each depicting an aspect of Samvara or other gods, the lower right with the donors, an inscription in Newari below, probably dated samvat 669, corresponding to A.D. 1549

A NEPALESE PAUBHA DEPICTING SAMVARA AND NAIRATMYA, standing in alidhasana on Bhairava and Kalaratri, on a lotus, his twelve arms radiating around his body, each hand holding an attribute, naked except for a mala of severed heads, many body-ornaments, his head with three faces, embracing his female partner, a flaming halo behind, painted with various gods, the border with panels, each depicting an aspect of Samvara or other gods, the lower right with the donors, an inscription in Newari below, probably dated samvat 669, corresponding to A.D. 1549

细节

A NEPALESE PAUBHA DEPICTING SAMVARA AND NAIRATMYA, standing in alidhasana on Bhairava and Kalaratri, on a lotus, his twelve arms radiating around his body, each hand holding an attribute, naked except for a mala of severed heads, many body-ornaments, his head with three faces, embracing his female partner, a flaming halo behind, painted with various gods, the border with panels, each depicting an aspect of Samvara or other gods, the lower right with the donors, an inscription in Newari below, probably dated samvat 669, corresponding to A.D. 1549
84 x 66 cm (slightly worn, the upper borders restored and backed)