A PAUBHA DEPICTING AVALOKITESHVARA NEPAL, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1779 |

depicting Avalokiteshvara with eight arms and ten heads at the centre of the mandala, with Amitabha seated directly above, and surrounded by manifestations and deities, with Vighnantaka Bhairava supported by Ganesha below, flanked by Achala and Namasangiti and the donor family to the left and right Himalayan Art Resources item no. 11416.

Mostly in very good condition, for the age, but with extensive loss to the upper right corner, visible in catalogue illustration. Extensive craquelure throughout. Creases and minor losses throughout. No restoration.
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This Newar paubha, done in the typically vibrant palette of works from the Kathmandu Valley, depicts an unusual arrangement and combination of deities all densely packed into the picture, with little space for architecture or landscape. Red Macchendranath stands to the right of the central figure surrounded by emanations in clouds, connected to his urna, eyes, mouth, throat, heart, hands, navel by gold lines, cf. gold lines issuing from Shrishtikanta Lokeshvara in a paubha formerly in the Jucker Collection, see Sotheby’s New York, 28 March 2006, lot 30. The inscription below records that the present paubha depicting Avalokitesvara was painted by the citrakara (artist) Vishvamitra Sim for Dhanavade Shakya in the year corresponding to 1799. Inscriptions throughout identify each deity.