A PAUBHA DEPICTING CHANDAMAHAROSHANA NEPAL, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY |

kneeling on a lotus throne with right hand holding the khadga, a pasa in the left, Buddhas seated within a halo of flames behind, makara and Garuda in a torana supported by pillars to either side, Chakrasmavara and Kapaladhara Hevajra above, with Hindu deities in adoration to the sides, and scenes below depicting the donor family and performance of puja Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18337.

Adhered to a mylar sheet with the glue penetrating through the painted surface with additional varnish. Considerable accretion overall. Considerable creases and resultant losses throughout. Losses to the inscription above but mostly legible and considerable losses to the inscription beneath leaving only the left 15 cm. legible. A later yellow painted line around the edge of the painting. Eyes of central figure restored.
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The Buddhist deity, also known as Achala, The Immovable, is depicted in his characteristic kneeling posture with lower lip sucked in and fangs showing. Although there are a number of shrines to the deity in the Kathmandu Valley, this early paubha is a rare surviving representation of the deity. A later depiction of Chandamaharoshana in union with his consort Dveshavajri, dating to around 1525-50, is in the Zimmerman Collection, see Pratapaditya Pal, Art of the Himalayas: Treasures from Nepal and Tibet, New York, 1991, cat. no. 38.